HOPE making BMX parts?

I had to do a double-take when I saw this. Hope, the brand synonymous with mountain bikes, making BMX stuff? Apparently yes! I got this image from Fastlane BMX Magazine and I must say that I am really happy to hear about this. According to the article on Fastlane BMX:

The Hope hub has been in design for a while now, but has taken a while to be actually be made. The picture shows it with a shortened freehub and a standard cog but the production one will have an international standard 6 bolt fixing and a choice of cogs from 15 tooth to 21 tooth, and also a 9 speed integrated cog. The production hub's will have an 80 tooth pick up. The rear hub will come in a 10mm or 14mm bolt option, with a bolt either side aswell as a 14mm nutted option. Hope are also going to produce a matching front hub to complement the rear ,which will have an option of a 10mm bolt like the rear or with a 20mm bolt through option .

I do not know about you guys but to me, that is pretty cool. Hope is to the UK what Profile Racing is to the USA. Great products that will last.

Profile 22mm spline drive sprocket

We were taking a look at some of our BMX Twitter feeds and we saw this new one from Profile Racing on their Twitter account. This was about four days back and it is simply titled: "The birth of the Profile 22mm spline drive sprocket". Interesting. No more sprocket bolts!

Profile Racing race-specific crankset

This was spotted at Interbike and someone sent it to me via email so i do not know who to credit this picture too. If any of you are reading this know who this picture belongs to, please send me an email and I will give credit where it is due.

In any case, this is the race-specific crankset from Profile Racing. Looks like they are using outward bearings and that the spider only has four arms. Nice bit of kit and I would take these cranks over any DXR or aluminium cranks.

Profile 20mm bolt-thru front hub

Came across this in the Profile Racing Facebook page and I must say that this could be the future of hubs to come. That picture above shows a SINZ carbon fork and the afore-mentioned Profile hubs. I would keep the hubs but the fork, I'll pass thanks! I must say that I agree that it will be stiffer and I dare say it looks pretty good!