"The hub or freewheel noise or lack thereof is all part of a bike's personality. I have loud WI freewheels and I have quiet Shimano Deore freehubs."
This is true. I present the discussion as a discussion because I find it mildly interesting, I'm afraid I've left the impression I consider it a real problem I need to solve. Nope! I'm just not likely to put this hub on another bike. On Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 5:11:15 AM UTC-8 lconley wrote: > The hub or freewheel noise or lack thereof is all part of a bikes > personality. I have loud WI freewheels and I have quiet Shimano Deore > freehubs. I like them both. I also have a couple of Sturmey-Archer 3 speed > hubs that make that distinct "tick" that I remember from the "English > Racers" of my youth. It is all good. I do use the WI freewheels in lieu of > a bell sometimes when approaching pedestrians. > > I wonder if the unique tick of the S-A hubs has to do with them being made > of steel? > > Laing > > 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/c790ee07-77d8-49ac-a28a-d791282ae94an%40googlegroups.com.