Snap Crackle Pop
Today’s ride was cut pretty short due to my first serious mechanical of the season. While powering up a rocky little climb at Fairland my rear hub (Hope Pro II XC) made a horrible snapping/cracking noise. At first I thought something had slipped internally or something but upon closer inspection I found the hub had a crack almost the entire length of the body running side to side. I managed to very carefully ride out on the paved trail. Once home I took the tension off the spokes so as to not stress them any more than needed as I’d like to reuse them. I’ve already fired off an email to hope and I’m hopeful (no pun intended) that they will stand by their hub. It’s only a bit over one season old so it should not have failed like this. There’s nothing funky with how the wheel was built etc. Just standard 32 3x. It’s been a good hub up until today. We’ll see how they repsond to my issue.