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Hope Race Evo X2 brakes


HOPE'S LIGHTEST BRAKE is a proper flyweight unit, but still delivers a useful amount of power. Beautifully machined in their Lancashire factory, the drilled lever, open-diamond bar clamp, minimalist reservoir body and one-piece calliper remove as much weight as possible.

The 160mm and 140mm alloy-centre floating rotors use a thinner gauge breaking surface and they come with titanium bolts as standard to lose a few more grams too. Power is good on the dyno, but the lever seems to need more of a squeeze than most on the trail. The feel is firm and direct rather than richly modulated like Hope's four-piston brakes and it can be noisy too. The price is high but reliability generally excellent, and Hope's factory-direct and big event back-up is legendary.

WEIGHT 377g
POWER 111m/s-2

PRICE 320$







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