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TECH NEWS
unnamed (7)Hope HB.T track bike goes on sale today, starting from £15,550 + VAT
The radical new Hope HB.T track bike that the British Cycling team will race in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is now available to order, with prices starting at £15,550 + VAT.
Hope Technology is offering a choice of framesets tailored towards different track disciplines. They are as follows:
- Standard Frameset (Frame, seatpost, Fork, Stem) | £15,550 + VAT
- Pursuit Frameset (Frame, Seatpost, Fork, Integrated Stem and Handlebar) | £17,100 + VAT
- Upright (Omnium) Frameset (Frame, Seatpost, Fork, Integrated Stem and Handlebar) | £18,200 + VAT
- Sprint Frameset (Frame, Seatpost, Fork, Integrated Stem and Handlebar) | £19,600 + VAT
It’ll also be selling disc wheels, for which it has developed a new manufacturing process, as well as a trispoke. A rear disc costs £2,450 + VAT, front disc is £2,100 + VAT and the trispoke we’ve never heard about before until now, costs £2,250 + VAT.
- How the new Hope/Lotus British Cycling Olympic track bike was designed and made
Each frameset is handmade and built to order so this means the availability will be very limited. Hope will require a £5,000 deposit and once your frame specification has been requested, a delivery date will be proposed.
You can send your orders to order [at] hopetech.com
I wonder how many nations and athletes will be putting an order in?
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
Latest Comments
- froze 5 hours 26 min ago
Just my opinion, but sorry that bike is UGLY! I can't see that sort of price for a completed bike, not alone for just the frame and fork!...
- Boopop 6 hours 4 min ago
I find it deeply jarring and disappointing that Sir David agrees with these people not wanting a cycle lane. Whenever I watch one of his excellent...
- chrisonabike 6 hours 13 min ago
May need insurance, tax and a licence. No problem with the lights though.
- Simon E 6 hours 29 min ago
Yes, they look just like the Lezyne Zecto model. My club bought a couple of sets from the LBS for our midweek TTs so if someone turns up without...
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If you can't see a %^$&ing large tractor what ^%$£"!*ing hope is there that you will see a cyclist ?...
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Live: Car plunges over wall and lands on beach rocks...
- biking59boomer 9 hours 53 min ago
Looks like yet another bike share service that's going to fold because of selfish idiots.
- brooksby 15 hours 46 sec ago
And finally: I wonder how many of the "more than 3,000" signatures on that petition are actually locals, who live or work there (and are not just...
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So, its £30k all in...rather than the 'more palatable' 15K...mmmm
need to think of this in terms other than as a bicycle...fine art, sophisticated engineering, design icon etc...if it wins at the olympics all well and good, if it doesn't then it will have no kudos or story to make it a good investment. At 15k you could make a case for it to hang on the wall - as someone above said, too embarassing to actually ride the track on it, except as a shared experience, have a go on a lotus type of thing, but at 30k it is for countries only...will buy second hand after depreciation...ha ha
Looking forward to the review of this. I assume it will have class-leading vertical non-compliance.
If anyone who's not actually on British cycling books turned up at the local velodrome on one of these I think I'd have a hernia from laughing
To be fair, if I won the lottery I think I'd order one of these to use just for the sheer audaciousness of it.
Totally but I'd buy one of each, with wheels etc, hang one on the wall and use one around town etc etc!!!
I wonder how they go about customising the frame to each customer. It's a true monocoque (most so-called monocoques actually have the main and rear triangles fabricated separately) and just milling the molds for a new size should cost more that the price they are asking for the whole bike.
Here's a road.cc video that in part explains how they've planned for customisation;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU0Sj1kjL8o
With a various stock of front triangle moulds to which they add a standard chainstay mould they can customise to meet the needs of most but can also manufacture a new mould in a week if necessary. Add to that Renishaw can print custom titanium parts as required for each customer.
They have a couple of sizes and in each mould they can alter the head tube to further suit different fit requirements. It's not true custom but it offers scope for providing a wide range of fits
Monocoque refers to the fact the shell and structure are one, rather than a chassis separate from a shell. It's got nothing to do with whether it's made in one piece or a number. Some cars and yachts use a monocoque approach, but are made in a number of pieces.
Don't I sound like a smart arse!
Is there a sportive geometry option
Excellent. That's my Richmond park bike sorted
Do they have mudguard mounts?
Can you fit standard panniers on this bike, or do they sell specially designed ones?
And can you fit rim brakes?
I'm pretty sure that it's disc wheels only.
A pizza rack with a plastic crate on the front will give easy access to your essential bits and bobs. I would recommend a folding crate, for when you want to go maximum aero.
I was thinking of putting a baby carrier on the front, but I suppose I could easily carry a small child with one hand and steer with the other.
Compared to the prices of some previous British Olympic track bikes these are bargains.
What a bargain!
Dear Santa, I've been a good person this year.
Put me down for one of each.