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Hope Hubs Custom Hand Built Wheels
Custom Hope Hub Wheels, Built by Hand
Pick a Hope hub, choose your rim, spokes and color, and we lace and true the wheel ourselves, one at a time, in our Georgia shop.
Why build your wheel around a Hope hub:
- Machined in-house in Barnoldswick, with spares stocked long after a model ends
- 108 points of engagement on the Pro 5 rear
- Axles that convert with end caps instead of a new hub
- Hope's colors, laced and trued one wheel at a time in our Georgia shop
Build your custom Hope wheel for:
From our truing stand
Hope wheels we’ve built
Every one of these was laced and trued in our shop.
Start with the hub
The Hope hubs we build with
Each card opens the builder with that hub already chosen. Scroll for all 9.
Pro RS4 Front HubBuild with this hub →
Pro RS4 Rear HubBuild with this hub →
Pro 5 Front Centerlock Disc HubBuild with this hub →
Pro 5 Front ISO 6 Bolt Disc HubBuild with this hub →
Pro 5 Rear Centerlock Disc HubBuild with this hub →
Pro 5 Rear ISO 6 Bolt Disc HubBuild with this hub →
Pro 4 Fat Sno Front ISO 6 Bolt Disc HubBuild with this hub →
Pro 4 Fat Sno Rear ISO 6 Bolt Disc HubBuild with this hub →
Pro 5 Single Speed Rear ISO 6 Bolt Disc HubBuild with this hub →How it works
From parts bin to your doorstep
1Pick your parts
Choose a Hope hub, then the rim, spokes and nipples. The builder only offers parts that fit together.
2We measure and prep
Rim and hub are measured here: real ERD, real flange geometry. Spokes are cut to the length your build needs.
3Laced by hand
One builder laces your wheel on the stand. No machine builds, ever.
4Tensioned and trued
Brought up to even tension, stress-relieved, trued round and true, and checked again after it settles.
More about Hope custom wheels
Specs, pairings and FAQ
Custom hand built wheels with Hope hubs
Hope machines its hubs in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, and supports them with spare parts far longer than most - a good bet if you intend to keep a wheelset a decade.
We lace Hope hubs to the rim of your choice and build the wheel by hand in our Georgia shop - tensioned evenly, trued flat and round, and stress-relieved before it ships. Spoke lengths are calculated from the measured flange geometry of your exact hub, not estimated from the model name.
Why Hope hubs are different
- Made under one factory roof. Hope designs, tests and makes virtually all of its products in Barnoldswick, England, from CNC machining through anodizing to hand assembly. Hope says that gives it full control of quality and delivery.
- Offset pawls on the Pro 5. Setting the freehub's six pawls out of step raises engagement from 44 points to 108, and the single speed hub reaches 108 with four. Hope cuts the pawls from high strength steel and says the new pawl and spring design adds load capacity and service life.
- Drag cut at the seal and the ratchet. Hope says the Pro 5's labyrinth seal keeps dirt out with zero drag. On the road, the RS4 rear goes a different way, with a reduced-drag two-pawl ratchet at 44 points, or 8 degrees.
- A stiffer axle and shell. Hope says the step-down axle makes the Pro 5 freehub stiffer and more durable. The front hub shell is machined from a single forged billet, with a larger flange for a stiffer wheel.
- Spacers that change with your bike. End spacers swap to suit a different frame or axle, so the hub can move to your next bike. Hope publishes a conversion kit chart, and the Pro 5 front covers QR, 9mm, 12mm, 15mm, 20mm, Torq and Boost.
- Built to be rebuilt. The Pro 5 rear comes apart with simple tools, and Hope posts exploded diagrams for its hubs. It says it holds spares for almost everything it has made, though not forever.
The Hope hubs we build with
These are J-bend hubs, which take standard J-bend spokes - the widest choice of gauge, color and material, and the easiest to source anywhere in the world if you ever break one far from home.
Axle spacing has to match your frame or fork, and it is the single most common thing people get wrong when ordering a wheel. We build Hope hubs in 100mm, 110mm, 130mm, 135mm, 141mm, 142mm, 148mm, 150mm, 157mm, 170mm, 177mm, 190mm, 197mm. If you are unsure what your frame takes, measure the inside faces of the dropouts before you order, or email us and we will work it out with you.
What to pair with a Hope hub
A wheel is a system: the rim decides the tire and the braking, the hub decides the drivetrain and the axle fit, and the spokes have to suit both. Start from whichever end matters most to you and the configurator will keep the other end compatible.
Popular Hope hub and rim pairings
Rims our customers build with each Hope hub, led by the pairings they choose most often in our build records since 2009. Every rim listed is in the builder today in a drilling and brake type that fits; tap a hub to start that build.
- Hope Pro RS4 with Velocity Dyad, Velocity Quill, DT Swiss RR 411, DT Swiss R 460, Velo Orange Enterprise, Astral Leviathan Touring
- Hope Pro 5 with Velocity Cliffhanger, Velocity Aileron, Race Face ARC Offset 30, Race Face ARC Offset 25, DT Swiss G 540, Boyd CCC
- Hope Pro 4 Fat Sno with WTB KOM Tough TCS 2.0 CVX I 35, HED B.A.D. Alloy, WTB KOM Tough TCS 2.0 CVX I 40, Velocity Dually, DT Swiss BR 710, Race Face ARC Offset 40
- Hope Pro 5 Single Speed with Velocity Cliffhanger, Spank Spike Race 33, Kinlin TL 23, Astral Serpentine Carbon, Velocity Aileron, Stan's NoTubes Arch MK4
Every model of both brands that fits, on one page: Stan's NoTubes wheels with Hope hubs, Velocity wheels with Hope hubs, DT Swiss wheels with Hope hubs, WTB wheels with Hope hubs, Race Face wheels with Hope hubs, Spank wheels with Hope hubs, HED wheels with Hope hubs, Boyd wheels with Hope hubs, Surly wheels with Hope hubs, NOX Composites wheels with Hope hubs, Kinlin wheels with Hope hubs, Astral wheels with Hope hubs, Ibis wheels with Hope hubs, Velo Orange wheels with Hope hubs, ENVE wheels with Hope hubs, Derby wheels with Hope hubs, PWB wheels with Hope hubs, Chromag wheels with Hope hubs, Convergence We Are 1 wheels with Hope hubs, Industry Nine wheels with Hope hubs, Nextie wheels with Hope hubs, Reserve wheels with Hope hubs
Popular rims brands for these builds:
- Astral Rims
- Boyd Rims
- Chromag Rims
- Convergence We Are 1 Rims
- Derby Rims
- DT Swiss Rims
- ENVE Composites Rims
- H Plus Son Rims
- HED Rims
- IBIS Rims
- Industry Nine Rims
- Kinlin Rims
- Mavic Rims
- Nextie Rims
- NOX Composite Rims
- PWB Rims
- Race Face Rims
- Reserve Rims
- Spank Rims
- Stan's No Tube Rims
- Surly Rims
- Velo Orange Rims
- Velocity Rims
- WTB Rims
Want to check spoke lengths for a Hope hub before you order? Our free spoke length calculator has the measured dimensions for it.
Hope custom wheel questions
Can you build a wheel with a Hope hub I already own?
Yes. Choose the supply-your-own hub option in the configurator, ship it to us, and we will lace it into a new wheel with new spokes cut to the right length for that exact hub. You pay for the parts you need and the build labor.
Which axle spacing do I need?
Whatever your frame or fork takes - we build Hope hubs in 100mm, 110mm, 130mm, 135mm, 141mm, 142mm, 148mm, 150mm, 157mm, 170mm, 177mm, 190mm, 197mm. Measure between the inside faces of your dropouts if you are unsure, or email us and we will work it out from your bike.
Can a Hope hub be relaced into a new rim later?
Yes, and it is one of the better arguments for a quality hub. When the rim wears out or cracks, send us the wheel and we will build the hub into a new rim with new spokes. Spokes are not reused - they have taken a set at the old rim's dimensions.
How long will my Hope wheel take?
Build time comes down to parts availability rather than bench time. Your estimated ship date is shown in the configurator before you check out, so you know the date before you pay.
Not sure what to pick? Email info@prowheelbuilder.com (fastest) or leave a voicemail on 470-253-0929 — you will be talking to the people who build the wheels.
Not sure which hub or rim?
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