On a scale of one to ten, one being silent and ten being as loud as a Hope freehub, how loud are the hubs you are using?

My bikes are equipped with the following –

Hope Pro 2 – 10
XTR M900 – 2
Easton XC2 – 1

I’ll be buying new wheels soon to replace the virtually silent Easton’s and I love their stealthiness. On the other hand I find the noise from the Hope’s to be a good thing too when approaching walkers etc, so I’m just looking for a few suggestions really….

So what have you got and how loud is it?

Fulcrum Red Metal Zero’s – 3

knackered and heavily pitted shimano deore m595..

It sounds like a jumbo jet with a failed engine making an emergency crash landing on the M25 at rush hour..

I should probably change it really…

DT Swiss 340 – 2
Hope Pro 2 – 10
Hope XC 7

If a hope pro 2 is a 10, Profile mini’s are a 13. They make a fekin racket on my bike.

American classic 6
Crossmax SLR 4
Profile Mini off the chart
Roval SL 4

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Mavic Crossmax ST: 3
Hope XC : 5
Hope Pro2 : 5

Yes, the Pro 2 really is that quiet. Did a repair earlier on a friends bike which has a Pro2 hub & on hers its a high volume 10. So don’t know why mines so quiet tbh.

I’ve got a Rohloff with a handy twisty thing you mount on the bars which allows you to vary the volume – and it goes all the way up to 14.

I’d give my pro 3 XC6 a 9, doesn’t seem quite as loud as mates pro 2’s.

Surly SS & WI freewheel… 7

DT 240S: 3
DT 440S: 3
DT Onyx: 2

Hope Pro2’s are quite variable in sound in my experience, but all quite loud… And I don’t like loud!

Hope Pro 2: 10 (was a 4 until i serviced it with new springs/pawls)

Had a set of Fulcrum Red Metal 5’s a while ago they were a 6 i reckon.

Pro2 – 10 – thinking of losing the bell
Easton XC1 – 1
Hope XC – 5
Bonty Racelite – (DT Swiss 340?)- 2 but it is a bit tired
XT – 4

ProII SS – 11
SRAM 9.0sl – 1

Chris King – 3
Hope Pro 2 score a loud “get out of my way, noisy rider coming ” – 10.

American Classic MTB 26″ -1

As in, minus 1.

Really? Ive got the Same American Classic 26ers and love them..quality 8, noise 6.5

DT 240s can be equally loud if they’re dry, but they’re still far less annoying than a Pro 2.

Halo spin doctor – 7 – sounds loud until my mate turns up with his pro 2!

Really? Ive got the Same American Classic 26ers and love them..quality 8, noise 6.55

Yup. They’re absolutely silent. Dunno if they’ve changed in the last year or so. Mine are 2011s.

Pro2 Evo – 8 (went very quiet recently but 3 of 4 pawl springs had broken)
A mates Pro2 Evo rear hub is much louder.

Sun Ringle Dirty Flea – 9

Yup. They’re absolutely silent. Dunno if they’ve changed in the last year or so. Mine are 2011s.

Mine are ’09…They got louder after a while. Good luck.

Alfine 11 – 0
Alfine 8 – 0

My Pro 2’s = 11

hope xc = 5

dt swiss = 2

Chris King, angry bee, buzzzzzz
Industry 9 Enduro, whizzzzz

Hope Pro 2’s. I don’t need a bell.

Specialized Hi – Lo 1.5

Lovely and stealthy 😀

Someone beat me to it, Alfine 8 – Zero 🙂

And I love the silence, I could never ever bear to have a buzzy noisy rear freewheel!

I have a pair of hope pro 2’s and a pair of pro 3’s. I would say that the 3’s are louder than the 2’s. Does this mean they go up to 11?
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Phil woods 7
white industries 8
hope pro 2 10
goldtec pro SS hub it goes way past 11 and sounds like lots of grumpy bees 😀

Hope Pro 2 – 10
Shimano Deore XT – 0, the freehub is slowly getting more nackered and it doesn’t click at all now.

goldtec draco’s here, giving me a classy sounding 7 8)

Packed my pro 2 with that blue grease stuff now about a 4
I hate being noisy whilst out on the bike

DT240s = 2 (0 when packed with grease)

I used to completely pack my old hope XC’s with grease and they would go totally silent for a few rides – lovely! It’s more tricky with the DT’s as they’ll slip if there’s too much in there or it’s too thick.

Roadie – some Richey ones – 2 (nice and quiet these, I like them stealthy on the roadie)
Lefty – some shimano ones – 3 (these have been rebuilt but are still quiet, maybe they’re full of water already..)
29erSS – Hopes – 9 (they’re clean.greased well, but for some reason not as loud as mu whippetmates hubs)

hope pro II: loud, much too loud*.

shimano slx: purrs quietly like a happy cat.

(*sorry… as someone up there ^ says, they really like the silent running of their alfine, and… i think my aversion to the noise of a proII began when i got an alfine.)

CrossMax – dunno, haven’t noticed*
CrossTrails – about a 3.5

*but I bet your Hope’s will be easier to get replaced!

Pro II and Pro II Evo are both loud, the Evo is a smidge louder I think.

Perfect for commutes, as freewheeling lets everyone within a fifty yard radius know that you’re there.

ProII SS is loud.
Rohloff sounds rubbish (but isn’t) due to the 3 freewheels – different tone for each gear.
Alfine is quiet.
And i can’t remember what the DMR Revolver sounds like, its been too long….

My hubs are pretty silent, but I make up for it in other ways. 😛

Playing card in spokes por Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious, en Flickr

Superstar Switch – 7 (a sort of tingy buzz)
DT340’s – 2
Shimano LX – 3