![]() ![]() ![]() Hope Technology's chain rings and brake discs (inset) are used on mountain bikes.īy mid-2015, one of the company's 70 CNC machine tools on the shop floor, a Bystronic BySprint CO 2 laser cutting machine, was struggling to keep up with the factory's 24/7 operation. Now, the brakes are manufactured in the tens of thousands annually, along with sprockets, chain rings, and other components that go onto a mountain bike ( FIGURE 1).įIGURE 1. ![]() The business, which was founded in 1989, now employs around 130 people and was based on a quest to make mountain biking safer by developing an alternative to cantilever brakes.įounders Ian Weatherill and the late Simon Sharp, ex-Rolls Royce aero engineers and toolmakers, developed a brake disc inspired by those used on motorcycles. BARNOLDSWICK, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND – Hope Technology manufactures aftermarket components for bicycles, exporting half of its rapidly expanding production to more than 40 countries. ![]()
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