After some 20 years of making hubs and disc brakes, Hope spread its wings and flourished into a full-fledged bike brand with the launch of the HB.160 in 2017. Eyebrows were certainly raised when Hope declared it was going to branch out into carbon manufacturing and make the bikes at its Barnoldswick, Lancashire factory, but the investment hasn’t been an extravagant indulgence, and the hard work has paid off.
The latest addition is the HB.130, a seriously good looking bike with top quality construction that is impressive given how new to carbon the British company is.
The HB.130 is a 29” trail bike with 130mm of rear wheel travel coupled to a 140mm travel fork, adjustable geometry via a flip-chip, and a four-bar suspension layout. A complete bike specced with top-end SRAM, Fox and Hope components goes for $8,400 USD, or you can buy the frameset including shock, hubs, headset, bottom bracket and seat clamp for $4,950. There are also some possible upgrade options available, including Santa Cruz Reserve rims laced to Pro 4 hubs, a SRAM AXS wireless groupset, Hope Evo Cranks, or an Ohlins TTX22M coil shock.
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