Joe - I have that same hub (or a T-11 or something) but yeah, it turned me off to loud hubs for good:
1. For the small percentage of riding that I get to do in the woods I found it really annoying, like, "no talking in the library" annoying! 2. When I had my bike on the stand doing tune ups or whatever the thing would be so loud I couldn't hear myself think! Honestly, it even bugged me in NYC where I ride daily .. and that's really saying something. Now it hangs in the garage collecting dust ... How's that for old man grouchy? On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 5:40:38 AM UTC-5 ascpgh wrote: > I don't think you freewheel to scare old ladies while out PO-ing your > neighborhood. You didn't say if your custom was a balloon molded CFRP clack > resonator or if your wheels were of deep section non-metallic rims, single > digit spoke count or monocoque either. All those really add to project your > pawls' snapping over the edges of the teeth on the drive ring. That'd be a > real public menace. > > My Suzue Classica is louder than my Shimano freehubs but those have also > been the only brand of freehubs on which I've had pawl failure. I > appreciate the different sound of a different freewheeling mechanism > because of that decades old experience, even now.. Shimano is probably the > only manufacturer able to engineer the acoustic signature of a freehub as > part of their product engineering and design development. I suspect that > Onyx and others with quiet to silent clutch-like engagements do so as an > unintentional secondary gain to a alternate paradigm of freewheeling and > egagement, which is hip and cool itself. > > If my rear hub ratchet racket means sturdier, I'm for it. Has nothing to > do with "not Shimano", that's just secondary gain for me. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > On Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 10:58:17 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> 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 cool >> and I'm a grouchy old anti-hip and cool person? >> >> Joe "uncool as always" Bernard >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0516b056-8644-4445-b57d-6da890551659n%40googlegroups.com.
