White's are louder than Shimano, but not overly so. I don't notice it unless I'm consciously looking for the noise. The chain on a single speed bouncing around make a lot more annoying noise IMHO.
Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes! Congratulations! I heartily recommend the the Surly dingle cog. I > don't know if you have lockring threading on your rear hub, but I've used > the "rotafix" method for years on my stock QB free/free wheels. If that > sounds iffy, don't do it. Avoid cheap cogs; I've been happy with Surly, > Dura-Ace and EAI. If it doesn't have a name, I won't use it; I've found > cheap cogs to be a false economy. > > White Freewheels are reputed to be much much longer lived than Shimano, > but they might have a louder, King-like coasting buzz. The one I > encountered years ago did, but it don't recall if the trials version I rode > around the block a few weeks ago did or not. Mostly I was marveling at the > Knard tire on that bike... Maybe people here can weigh in on the loudness > of WI freewheels? My freewheel experience is limited to having two Shimano > FWs used for a couple of rides and then die of neglect (literally) on the > flip side of two different wheels. > > I'm interested in what you find for knobbies. I used Panaracer Smokes, > with the big side knobs cut off, but I'd go with normal narrower cyclocross > tires if I set up a knobby wheelset now. I'm kind of re-centering from my > tire greed, and being happier with narrower tires. I think the silver QBs > have a little more clearance at the chainstays, but maxing out tire width > of knobbies makes gear changes harder to plan and execute. Those MSOs look > nice, with the knibbly tread, but I've never ridden them. > > I've never heard about an even/even tooth count rule. 40/32 (and 42, and > 44) with a 15t and a 17/21 dingle have made me happy for years. > > I just love Quickbeams and everything about them! Are you putting > albastaches on them? Again, congratulations! > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
