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Hope Mini (2003)

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The Mini is an open 2-piston brake, which at 380g (inc. lever, caliper, hose & disc) is Hope's lightest system yet.

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Tue Sep 16 2003 Reviewed By: Adam (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 6 Months Strengths Amazing power, light weight Weaknesses could leak Similar Products Used Hayes and magura discs Review These discs are the way to go if you are into trials, compared to magura hs33's these rock. These are amazing! Buy Buy Buy!!! These discs rock my world, i love 'em
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Sat Sep 13 2003 Reviewed By: chris (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 1 Month Strengths powerful,sexy,light Weaknesses rubs a bit but can be fixed Similar Products Used magura,hayes Review well coming from a leaking hs 33 and promax v brake, this brake is NUTS! i'm using the 205mm rotor and it is wayyyy strong! doesn't budge a bit when riding natural or anything else. would highly recommend this over a magura. i have a 160mm hmx-9 hayes and its nowhere near as powerful because of the rotor size, the hope kicks ass!!
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Thu Nov 20 2003 Reviewed By: BILL (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths all of them Weaknesses NONE Similar Products Used all of them Review they are the best in the world
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Sun Sep 14 2003 Reviewed By: Peace McCormack (anon) Rider Level: Pro/Elite
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths light, verly reilable! decent price. awesome power Weaknesses not the easiest to bleed, lever can squirt out a bit of fluid sometimes Similar Products Used RST and vees Review This is an awesome brake! they dont leak! awesome light lever action! A million times better than maguras! If you want a disk for trials, then this is the way to go. Make sure you dont get any smaller than a 185mm rotor! trust me you cant get enough power for the front, and no you dont lose modulation. Im runnin a 203mm M4 rotor and i swear i could snap a pair of suspension forks in half with this combo! its sick! I havent had any serious problems with these, very very well made!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Tue May 18 2004 Reviewed By: Byron Edwards (anon) Rider Level:
Strengths Extremely strong for downhill bikers Weaknesses can leak if you stack Similar Products Used Hayes cable disc Review These hydros are the best, they don't leak and they are great for trials.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Mon Dec 06 2004 Reviewed By: ben f (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For 1 Year Strengths very powerfull, light, affordable price Weaknesses take a while to wear in Similar Products Used magura disc brake Review you cant go wrong with these brakes, they are powerful and they are quite affordable. great if your a super good, cool trials rider like me.(only joking)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fri Jul 08 2005 Reviewed By: John (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 2 Years or more Strengths Light, Strong, Stops u (always a plus!) Weaknesses Squeals with any kind of brake pads you get Similar Products Used V's, Hs33's IRD Marta's Review I have been a professional mechanic for 5 years now. It hurts me to hear people have said these brake leak. I run the original housing thru my steerer tube (for bar spins...). I have never had a leak, eventhough I will be changing the housing to Goodridge. They have never rubbed On the rotor with proper set-up. They stop on a dime when I front tire tap a 3' wall, and I'm not the lightest guy at 190lbs. Plus the sexiness of the machined lever and caliper are to die for. At a bit more expensive than hayes or formula, they are worth every penny more. "Like The Chris King of Disc brakes."
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
Fri Dec 19 2003 Reviewed By: Seb LG (anon) Rider Level: Intermediate
Used Product For Tested Only Strengths VERY powerful, really sexy and quite light . Weaknesses leaks...it leaks much too easily . Similar Products Used hayes cable discs . Review ok, i have used this brake for one day, and intend to keep using it! its the most powerful brake i have ever used, for example i compared it with a louise disc on an aluminium megamo rotor and the magura pales in comparisin for power(this is with 205mm hope) and it looks way better than magura discs....BUT, like i said, i have used it for one day, ridden it for around 7 hours and it leaked already . i have been using a magura back brake for a long time now and have stacked many times on it and it has never ever come close to leaking, but i use this hope mini and right away it leaks . all up IF YOU ARE CAREFUL its a great brake .
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
Sun Dec 21 2003 Reviewed By: Trigger (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 6 Months Strengths Powerfull, smooth Weaknesses Squeaks Similar Products Used Hayes, c2 Review Great product, for all round riding, you name it is capable, mine took days to bed in. Invest in this product, be careful when using near horses on roads.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
Sun Apr 23 2006 Reviewed By: Nathan Carl (anon) Rider Level: Advanced
Used Product For 6 Months Strengths looks great feels nice Weaknesses caliper bolts which hold the to halfs together flex Similar Products Used magura louise Review just noticed this when you brake hard the caliper bolts flex which holds the to halfs together so you are losing braking power. but still a good brake. i don't think they make this caliper anymore
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