Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket Reviews
Review score: 8.3/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £89.99 (RRP: £89.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket worthy of a review score of 8.3 out of 10.
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Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket features
Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Bottom Brackets. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Bottom Brackets. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Bottom Brackets. Brands like Hope are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Bottom Brackets category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Bottom Brackets.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £89.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.4 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Bottom Brackets
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Bottom Brackets.
We found 215 in the Bottom Brackets category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £79.37, making it above average at £89.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Bottom Brackets. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £321.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.99.
With 215 products available we worked out that 53 cost more than Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket and 157 were cheaper.
Cost of Hope products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 222 products from Hope, of which 12 were in the Bottom Brackets category.
For now though we’re looking at Hope branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £61.42 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Hope product we found was £0.25 and the highest price we could find from them was £350.00.
Of the 222 from Hope, 54 were more expensive than Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket and 157 were cheaper.
How much are Hope Bottom Brackets?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Hope products that are listed in the Bottom Brackets category.
The average price of the 12 products that match this search was £56.58, with the cheapest coming in at £0.99 and highest price was £105.00. With the average being £56.58, Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket comes in above average.
3 products that meet this search were more expensive than Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket and 6 were cheaper.
Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.4 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Bottom Brackets category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket or another similar product, like Hope PF46 Press Fit SRAM Bottom Bracket reviews or FSA BB30 Road Bottom Bracket reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Bottom Brackets.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Bottom Brackets. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Hope, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.3/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010951253
- Product ID 2: 458868UK
- Brand: Hope
- Model number: BBSS30N
- RRP: £89.99
- EAN: 5055168053264
- Description: Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket Hope’s threaded external bottom bracket is made from machined aluminium and kitted out with sealed cartridge bearings. This 30mm version is designed for use with chainsets with the larger 30mm spindle size, for more efficient power transfer. Suitable for all bike types, this smooth spinning component has advanced labyrinth seals to prevent water and dirt getting inside and to increase its durability.Features: Type: English Thread external type Bearings: Stainless Steel cartridge bearings BB Shell: BSA Thread BB Shell Frame Width: 68/73mm Crank Spindle/Axle Diameter: 30mm Compatibility: All cranks with 30mm axles External bottom bracket designed for threaded bottom brackets Custom Swiss made bearings are double sealed which gives a much greater life span than stock units Free running labyrinth seal protects bearings and has less drag Cartridge bearings are replaceable Please Note: Specific fitting tool (HTT188) needed to fit bottom bracket (sold separately) Manufacturer Reference Number: BBSS30N Weight: 110g Buy¬†Hope Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Bottom Brackets
- Size: 68/73mm – English Thread
- Unisex
- 0
- Adult
Other options for Bottom Brackets
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Bottom Brackets. 215 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Hope Threaded 30mm MTB Bottom Bracket included,
FSA BB30 MTB Bottom Bracket reviews, FSA MegaEvo Bottom Bracket reviews, or we really liked the look of FSA BB392EVO 24 Reducer reviews as another alternative.