Lancashire-based Hope Technology’s first foray into the manufacture of an all mountain/trail style bike with its HB160 was back in 2017, fast pedal three years and it has now added the HB130. Like its predecessor, the new bike has been brought to life with the assistance of Sheffield-based Ceratizit UK & Ireland (www.ceratizit.com) and a combination of the latest cutting tool technology and technical expertise it provides.

With the HB160 Hope Technology (www.hopetech.com) re-wrote the rules of bike production and that ethos continues with the HB130 to result in a bike that the company suggests is the ‘ultimate all-rounder’.

As part of its long-term relationship with the bicylce manufacturer, Ceratizit UK & Ireland has optimised the machining process not only on parts that fit to the bike, including pedals, crank arms, hubs, stem bracket, and disc brake spiders; but also for the intricate moulds used to create the carbon fibre frame, which are all produced in-house at Hope’s Barnoldswick factory.

Ceratizit UK & Ireland technical manager Shaun Thornton said: “Our role was to maximise productivity across a range of components and materials while achieving the consistency of tolerance and surface finish demanded by Hope Technology.

“We had the full Ceratizit catalogue to call upon and made use of a variety of machining techniques from solid and indexable insert drilling, ripper milling and finish milling, thread milling and tapping, as well as a variety of turning tools.”

With around 60,000 items in its cutting tool portfolio ranging from HSS drills to the latest in High Dynamic Turning with its Freeturn tooling, the Ceratizit Group and its four competence brands of Cutting solutions by Ceratizit, Komet, WNT, and Klenk has a solution to virtually every machining application, along with the technical expertise to support them.

With a retail price of £6,299.99, customers of the HB130 expect the highest quality and performance, and this is delivered through the combined experience of Hope Technology and Ceratizit.

Hope benefits hugely from the Ceratizit UK & Ireland support, with over 40 technical sales, applications sales, and industry solutions engineers available to support customers in the field, these are in turn backed up by internal sales staff who can provide instant advice where required.

Tony Pennington, Ceratizit UK & Ireland managing director, said: “Technical support and next-day delivery are central to our customer service activities, and irrespective of the size of the customer, they can call on this expertise to ensure that they maximise their productivity.”