I believe you about the sound, but its such a hard thing to capture over the video. I think I hear the drivetrain noise, but hard to tell the other "electrical" one. I think video phones are not ideal for capturing such things; I tried once again to record the SON noise without any real success :/
SP and SON's are both great hubs. I think SON hubs get better rating because people think they look nicer, they have slightly better drag profiles vs SP, and they known to last a long time (A friend of mine SP recently failed, though I think it was some time after 20,000 km; SON's supposedly last much longer) Oh, and I think you can build a slightly stronger wheel with a SON vs SP (though my SP wheels seem plenty strong, so I think this is marginal). If all that adds up to worth the extra $$$ vs an SP, well that's up to the buyer... One thing that I think is better about the SP over the SON is the standard connector (SON doesn't even come with one, and the Edelux female connectors work for sure, but are annoying compared to the SP connector. I guess you can get a SON coaxial connector, but that's another $30) Overall, I like both and decide which to use depending on my use case for the bike. Personally, I'd be pretty surprised if it was the hub. I definitely agree the Edelux looks too dim (I don't think it's merely pointed too high). But I'd put money on the wiring. Again, I think the best way to test that is to try and isolate the various parts of the system (though I realize you don't have the bike at the moment). Hopefully this is something your LBS is doing for you? On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 3:14:36 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Oh, it’s not your fault, Ben. I am overly attached to this bike and I’ve > made myself a wreck over it. > > As far as the noise, there is more than one. But there is one noise that > sounds kind of like electrical current, and it never came at a predicable > time - like with pedaling. It would cause a little vibratory feeling and > was loud enough that I could pick it up using my iPhone to video. Last > night it was nearly constant and seemed to coincide with the turning of the > pedals. I caught it on video, which I will attach here. There are actually > two sounds being made, I think one is drivetrain chatter that I’m hoping > the shop sets straight for me this week. You have to tune your ear to it > but if you listen you’ll hear two atypical sounds - sort out the wind noise > and listen for a rhythmic sound and a constant chatter. They’re there. > > The sound when the wheel is spun with the bike stationary is slight, but > annoying. I don’t have that on video and the bike is now in custody of the > shop. But if Shutter Precision managed to make it quiet, why can’t Schmidt > do the same? And the flickering. That occurs at speeds that I think are > fast enough to generate a solid light. At the same speed a SP will hold a > steady beam. I know SON is the reigning champion for dyno, but why? > > Here are the videos. The first is a better specimen, I think: > > -- 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/b6076658-3f4d-404f-8406-25b37309af52n%40googlegroups.com.
