Thanks again for the suggestions. The world of 135mm rim-brake hubs has
become even richer and bigger than before.
Looks like I've found my winter project.
On Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 4:54:38 PM UTC+1 wboe...@gmail.com wrote:
> I do like Dumonde. The hub came with a set of Mercury wheels
I do like Dumonde. The hub came with a set of Mercury wheels. I think that
the shape of the hub body and many other factors impact the sound greatly.
I have many DT swiss hubs with the same set of ratchets and vastly
different volumes of noise. The loudest is on my fat bike, and approaches
t
@Cormac
"I've always preferred silent hub"
The rear Novatech stock cartridge bearing hub on my Clem runs silent. I
love running silent after all the years of listening to freewheels.
The spacing is 135. They are available in 36 holes. I have a 32 hole hub.
Kim Hetzel.
On Friday, November 29,
@Will
Did you have it serviced regularly ? or did you service yourself in
re-greasing the cartridge bearing hub ?
I recently had my rear hub serviced in re-greasing it with Dumonde Tech
Freehub Bicycle Bike Grease Lube of which I personally bought from a
member's recommendation. My rear hub wa
Interesting. The Novatec rear I had was not silent. I think there's a lot
of variability in their different models
On Mon, Dec 2, 2024, 10:38 AM Kim H. wrote:
> @Cormac
>
> "I've always preferred silent hub"
>
> The rear Novatech stock cartridge bearing hub on my Clem runs silent. I
> love run
Thanks for the link and recommendation. Never knew about Onyx hubs, they
look great and so customisable.
BTW @Bill, thanks for the bike build methodology posts. Very thoughtful and
helpful.
On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, 20:07 Bill Lindsay, wrote:
> Here is a complete rim-brake wheel, in the UK, for a de
Here is a complete rim-brake wheel, in the UK, for a decent price that has
36 spokes and a Shimano Deore hub. Shimano hubs are close to silent. The
only thing more-silent is a great $450 ONYX hub.
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/search/?term=deore%20rear%2036h&geoc=US
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, C
That sucks. I've always preferred silent hubs.
On Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 20:38 Brian Turner, wrote:
> Hope hubs are nice and robust, but be forewarned - they are among the
> loudest I’ve owned. I have one on my Crust. Louder than White and Chris
> King, in my experience.
>
> Brian
> Lex KY
>
> On Nov
Hope hubs are nice and robust, but be forewarned - they are among the loudest I’ve owned. I have one on my Crust. Louder than White and Chris King, in my experience. BrianLex KY On Nov 28, 2024, at 2:30 PM, Cormac O'Keeffe wrote:Thanks Andy. I reckon I'll go for the Hope hub. Dearer than some, c
