En Roue Libre Inside – A visit to the Hope factory
Chapters (41)
- Teaser
- The machine park
- Introducing the visit
- Laser engraving
- Meeting Ian Weatherill, co-founder of Hope
- Meeting Laurent, Hope’s representative in France
- The history of Hope and an overview of the range with Alan, Sales & Marketing Director
- Hope’s first products
- The new Tech 4 EVO brakes
- Hubs and wheels
- Diversifying the range
- Anodising
- The bikes
- The rotors
- Carbon handlebars
- Hope’s legendary bikes
- Discovering the factory
- Raw materials
- The machine park
- Aluminium forgings
- Polishing and deburring
- Quality control
- Buffer stock
- Anodising
- Laser engraving
- Assembling a brake
- The historic machines
- Laser cutting
- Heat treatment of the rotors
- Riveting the rotors
- The carbon department
- Cutting the carbon fibre
- Making a carbon handlebar
- Meeting Ian Weatherill, co-founder of Hope
- The Hope academy
- Wheel building
- Brake assembly
- Meeting Guillaume, the French engineer who develops the brakes and bikes
- The test bench
- The En Roue Libre giveaway in partnership with Hope
- Conclusion
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Go behind the scenes at Hope Technology, one of the most iconic companies in the bike industry.
From raw aluminium to the new Tech 4 Evo GR4 brakes, discover every step in the making of Hope components.
During the visit, I meet the company’s key people, and I had the honour of a long conversation with Ian Weatherill, the brand’s co-founder, who shares his vision of the future and fascinating thoughts on how Hope is evolving.
