I've had some Hope Pro2's but got fed up with the clickety noise. What are the quality quiet alternatives? Advice from the gurus please!
240s from DT Swiss - their click is classier
older hope bulb, 12mm bolt through or QR 3 pawls instead of the 4 so 25% quieter 😉
Chris King are quieter
A2Z hubs are pretty good, can be got for about £130 a pair.
There pretty similar to American classic hubs, lighter than hope, quieter, and I think better for you money...
Cheers
Josh...
shimano are pretty well silent - unless that's not posh enough
I have some FSA 29" wheels that are even quieter than that
i just started riding a HOPE trails / singlepeed hub , and it even louder - better engagement. Not sure it bothers me....yet! although I did put the back brake on today whilst carry the bike just to gte tranquilty whislt hiking...Chris King make quite a mad sound too probably quieter , but much more high frequency.
Have heard you can reduce the noise on HOPE by chaning the lube used inside? Not sure if this means swapping grease for oil or packing it out with grease to deaden the noise?
Still, so far am appreciating the solid engagement >any noise
I recall BITD the day Shimano marketed / made a 'silent clutch' style instant engagement system on one of thier hybrid / experimental \ mid range groupsets BITD.
"shimano are pretty well silent"
Not quite
'standard' shimano 16 point engagement ones are (deore, 6-bolt xt, many older models etc)
I know for one SLX* (32 point) is much more clickety. Not as bad as Hope Pro II's (24 point), more like Hope XC's (21 point) but a little quieter. Other people don't seem to hear it so much (so I'm told), but you the rider still do most of the time when freewheeling, though not so much if its a bit rough
Current Shimano XT is 36 point engagement, I can only assume it'll be as noisy as SLX rather than the quieter 16 point shimano hubs
*SLX is centrelock only (the M529 'SLX' on CRC is only 16point, despite what the speil on the CRC page btw) though so either you'll need centrelock rotors (avid do a 185mm if you need one (+ other sizes)), a centrelock > 6-bolt adaptor or an SLX (not XT) freehub will retrofit onto older 6-bolt hubs like XT (2004-current), it just requires a little bodging to recentre things ..
Thanks for the info everybody. I like the look of the SLX hubs (M665 versions), they seem pretty cheap for the quality - and I have some spare CL rotors!
Anyone used NukeProof or WTB hubs?