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Hubs. How loud are yours?

40 posts & 38 voices | Started 8 months ago by Fudd | Latest reply from buzz-lightyear

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Fudd - Member

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?

Posted 8 months ago #
megastream - Member

Fulcrum Red Metal Zero's - 3

Posted 8 months ago #
yunki - Member

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...

Posted 8 months ago #
jules.b - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
on and on - Member

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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Posted 8 months ago #
Gary_C - Member

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.

Posted 8 months ago #
avdave2 - Member

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.

Posted 8 months ago #
sambob - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
takisawa2 - Member

Surly SS & WI freewheel... 7

Posted 8 months ago #
mboy - Member

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!

Posted 8 months ago #
bigbloke - Member

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.

Posted 8 months ago #
hamishthecat - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
oxym0r0n - Member

ProII SS - 11
SRAM 9.0sl - 1

Posted 8 months ago #
coolhandluke - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
The Flying Ox - Member

American Classic MTB 26" -1

As in, minus 1.

Posted 8 months ago #
fenred - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
njee20 - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
crankbreaker - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
The Flying Ox - Member

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.

Posted 8 months ago #
neninja - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
fenred - Member

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.

Posted 8 months ago #
monkeyboyjc - Member

Alfine 11 - 0
Alfine 8 - 0

Posted 8 months ago #
kudos100 - Member

My Pro 2's = 11

hope xc = 5

dt swiss = 2

Posted 8 months ago #
stevenieve - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
esselgruntfuttock - Member

Hope Pro 2's. I don't need a bell.

Posted 8 months ago #
pitcherpro - Member

Specialized Hi - Lo 1.5

Lovely and stealthy

Posted 8 months ago #
PePPeR - Member

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!

Posted 8 months ago #
dadster21 - Member

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?

Posted 8 months ago #
tazzymtb - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
_tom_ - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
transporter13 - Member

goldtec draco's here, giving me a classy sounding 7

Posted 8 months ago #
Nig E5 - Member

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

Posted 8 months ago #
jimification - Member

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.

Posted 8 months ago #
bikebouy - Member

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)

Posted 8 months ago #
ahwiles - Member

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.)

Posted 8 months ago #