I rather like the slow, sedate ticking of overridden pawls while pedaling
my AM hub; with SA 3 speeds you get pawl noise both coasting and pedaling.
But since I dligently oil the hub, the ticking is always very muted; I
should back off a bit to make the sound louder.
I forget if you get overriden
I hate loud hubs. On my occasional ride on a bike with loud hubs, I find
myself avoiding coasting, soft pedaling just to avoid hearing the dang hub.
Then I get rid of the bike or wheel.
On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, Joe Bernard wrote:
> Just back from a ride on my fancy schmancy custom with
Rohloff hubs use 25 ml of Rohloff oil. The oil acts as a lubricant and
also a sound dampner especially when the internal gears are new. Sometimes
oil leaks out (sweat oil or laying the hub cog side down). This is normal
and doesn't mean the hub is damaged so with less oil inside the hub,
My new-to-me Rohloff (I don't think it has many miles on it) seems eerily
quiet so it's funny to hear others say they're loud. It has some ticking
and buzzes and vibrations in various gears (or coasting) but not very loud
and I love all of it.
I should emphasize I don't HATE my WI hub - it's
Overheard — A regular customer standing at the front display counter in
venerable, high end bike shop to the shop manager: ‘Hey, you used to have
some nice Chris King hubs in there but I don’t see them now. What happened?
Manager: ‘Yeah, we did, but we had to remove them. They were keeping
I definitely don’t have that many miles on them I’m still less than 1,000
miles on both of mine. I need to get out more…
Robert Tilley
San Diego, CA
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> On Feb 9, 2022, at 10:45 PM, Mr. Ray wrote:
>
> "My Rohloff’s are louder than I like but I put up with it since I like
"My Rohloff’s are louder than I like but I put up with it since I like the
hubs".
This means you haven't put enough miles on them. After 20,000 miles, they
are silent.
On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 12:09:58 AM UTC-5 Robert Tilley wrote:
> I prefer quiet hubs which is why I typically stick
I also prefer the quieter hubs.
https://youtu.be/n03g8nsaBro
On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 9:09 PM wrote:
> I prefer quiet hubs which is why I typically stick to Shimano. You can
> hear them if you try but it’s not overwhelming. It seems like there is no
> mechanical benefit from the extra noise so
I really wanted to try one of the silent Onyx hubs that Riv had a few weeks ago
but couldn’t bring myself to spend the money on them. Has anyone tried the
Silver hubs? How do those sound?
And I certainly like hearing the loud hubs…when they are on a bike sneaking up
behind me! It seems like at
I prefer quiet hubs which is why I typically stick to Shimano. You can hear
them if you try but it’s not overwhelming. It seems like there is no mechanical
benefit from the extra noise so there is no need for me to switch.
My Rohloff’s are louder than I like but I put up with it since I like
I have White Industries hubs on my full suspension MTB. They are not as loud as
Kings or i9’s but I do here them. Did not really bother me but I am amazed at
the quietness of the Deore hubs on my Clem. I mean, they are silent! I had no
idea.
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> On Feb 9, 2022, at 10:58 PM,
Just back from a ride on my fancy schmancy custom with its fancy schmancy
White Industries hubs. Why did I think that loud freewheeling buzz was the
cool jam?? I feel like I'm on a Harley with straight pipes pissing all the
neighbors off! What's the verdict around here, are buzzy hubs hip and
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