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Hope Technology: what it makes and how it fits

Hope Technology is one of the drivetrain makers whose bottom brackets, headsets and CNC-machined components appear across the bikes this site covers.

About Hope Technology

Hope Technology is a bicycle component manufacturer based in Barnoldswick, Lancashire. Primarily concerned with manufacturing high-quality mountain bike componentry, Hope have branched into accessories such as lights, tools and riding gear.

What this means for fitment

For choosing parts, what matters is the interface Hope Technology uses, not the brand name. Match the crank spindle to your frame's bottom bracket shell, and the headset or seatpost to the frame's own standard, then pick the Hope Technology part that fits that standard.

The fitment tool starts from your frame's shell or crank spindle and returns the exact bottom bracket to buy, whether the part drops in, needs a specific bearing or needs an adapter.

Common fitment questions

The usual question with Hope Technology parts is whether a crank will fit a given shell. A crank fits a shell only through a bottom bracket built for both, so identify the shell standard first, then choose the Hope Technology compatible bottom bracket for it.

Where a crank spindle and a shell are not a native pair, a reducer or conversion bottom bracket may bridge them, which the fitment tool flags on the relevant pages.

The second question is whether the shell width matters. It does: a road shell and a mountain shell of the same standard take different bottom bracket widths, so a Hope Technology bottom bracket is chosen by both the shell standard and its width. Measure the shell face to face before ordering, and confirm the crank spindle diameter stamped on the axle or listed in the part number.

None of this changes the crank itself. The crank stays the same part across every compatible frame, and only the bottom bracket that carries it into the shell changes with the frame's standard.

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Sources: Hope Technology (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA) · Park Tool: Bottom Bracket Standards