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Is it rude to have a noisy hub?

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  • May 15, 2019 at 2:46 pm #29650
    tommyraleigh

    As the weather is good I’ve been commuting on my carbon rims recently, which happen to have a very noisy freehub!

    Riding home the other day on the cycle path I got some aggro from a cyclist in front of me, who I was perfectly happy to sit well behind until it was safe to pass. She thought I was hassling her because of the angry sounding wheel apparently. I tried briefly to explain that is just what they sound like and there is nothing I could do about it. What do you say to that? Is this person just a bit daft or should I expect some people won’t understand why some wheels are noisy? Its not the first time I sensed people feel a bit intimidated by the sound, maybe I should only get them out on the open roads

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  • May 15, 2019 at 5:06 pm #942129
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    ktache

    Swinley used to be filled

    Swinley used to be filled with the sound of angry bees, Hope mainly I believe, now it’s more a case of the hiss of e assist, perhaps it’s all rattlesnakes.

    May 15, 2019 at 4:55 pm #942127
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    Organon

    From the sound of my

    From the sound of my reassuringly expensive and loud sounding freehub and the reactions people have you’d think they were being attacked by a rattlesnake. 

    This is normally followed by passive aggressive comments from middle aged women like ‘don’t they have bells any more?’ No love you heard me fine, and if you did hear me it means I wasn’t pedalling.

    May 15, 2019 at 4:13 pm #942125
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    ktache

    The new XTR will be

    The new XTR will be reportedly silent.

    Just setting up my new Rohloff build at this very moment, at last, I will see how noisy it is generally.

    She must have been going a bit slow for you to be able to aggressively freewheel so much.  Think what she would have been like if you’d had to jam on your (squealy) brakes.

     

    May 15, 2019 at 4:02 pm #942123
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    LastBoyScout

    Just keep turning the pedals

    Just keep turning the pedals 🙂

    Had a chat with another chap this morning who had the loudest freehub I’ve ever heard, I think – Hunt wheels.

    And I thought my Campag ones were bad.

    May 15, 2019 at 3:56 pm #942121
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    Jack Osbourne snr

    Ignore the noise. 

    Ignore the noise. 

    Regardless of it being hub or mouth in origin.

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