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Hope has an all-new RX stem designed to drop your gravel dropbars or lower your XC cockpit. And of course, it comes in the colorful Hope anodized range, plus a new bronze to add a bit more flash to your ride. Plus, they’ve added another lacing option to their light & wide alloy gravel wheels. And from now on, tubeless setup of their carbon road & gravel wheels will be one step quicker and cheaper… Hope RX -15° machined alloy gravel & XC stem
(Photos/Hope) Imagine a lightweight machined alloy Hope XC stem, but slammed down to get your bars lower. That’s exactly what you get with the new RX, designing it for “a more aggressive, race-focused geometry”. Splitting the length difference of the 0° XC stem, the new Hope RX stem is available in 80mm only, and -15° rise, and designed for gravel or cross-country. Hope CNC-machines the 2014-T6 aluminium stem in-house in Barnoldswick, UK.
Pricing is the same as the cross-country version, as are the bolt options. Pick up a RX stem with stainless steel bolts for £105 / $133 / 130€ starting October 1st. Or for about £30 / 35€ extra you’ll be able to upgrade to titanium bolts. Weights should be ~143g with steel bolts, 131g with ti hardware. The new Hope RX gravel stem comes in black, silver, red, blue, orange & purple ano, plus the newer bronze […]
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