Overheard — A regular customer standing at the front display counter in venerable, high end bike shop to the shop manager: ‘Hey, you used to have some nice Chris King hubs in there but I don’t see them now. What happened?
Manager: ‘Yeah, we did, but we had to remove them. They were keeping all the other hubs up at night!’ [budda bum!] David Lipsky (Slightly annoyed by his Pacenti rear wheel’s freehub while riding in mid-70s weather today) in Berkeley, CA On Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 11:20:52 PM UTC-8 Robert Tilley wrote: > I definitely don’t have that many miles on them I’m still less than 1,000 > miles on both of mine. I need to get out more… > > Robert Tilley > San Diego, CA > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 9, 2022, at 10:45 PM, Mr. Ray <yellow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "My Rohloff’s are louder than I like but I put up with it since I like > the hubs". > > > > This means you haven't put enough miles on them. After 20,000 miles, they > are silent. > On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 12:09:58 AM UTC-5 Robert Tilley wrote: > >> I prefer quiet hubs which is why I typically stick to Shimano. You can >> hear them if you try but it’s not overwhelming. It seems like there is no >> mechanical benefit from the extra noise so there is no need for me to >> switch. >> >> My Rohloff’s are louder than I like but I put up with it since I like the >> hubs. >> >> Robert a Tilley >> San Diego, CA >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 9, 2022, at 7:58 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/450a8152-390e-4311-9281-d70e0525c1adn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/450a8152-390e-4311-9281-d70e0525c1adn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b472cbd-28ed-4f03-bc8c-960f4c3ee34bn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b472cbd-28ed-4f03-bc8c-960f4c3ee34bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/9421d141-45ea-41be-b0ce-27d280e75c13n%40googlegroups.com.
