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Does anyone know a way to silence a Hope Pro 2 rear hub? Got some new wheels a couple of months ago and first time user of the Hope rear hubs but the clicking is doing my head in. Mountain Biking is meant to be about enjoying the quiet and peacefulness of the country side. Currently that is being shattered by a never ending click!!
Help please or I will have to flog the wheel.
pack it with grease - that did it for me for a while! Not that I am really bothered either way.
Edit: Full instructions \/ \/ \/ 😉
Take off the cassette, pull off the free hub body, stick lots of grease in, put it back together. All much quieter.
Too much grease can cause the freehub to slip.
Sell it and get a Shimano hub? That's what I did.
It gets quiter over time but after a few rides you don't notice it. If it bothers you that much don't freewheel 😉
I never understand this I reckon the noise is ok and never notice it. Try a fixed hub they're the quietest you can get, also wrap your tyres in cotton wall to reduce the noise on the ground.
It is a beautiful sexy sound. How peculiar that you want to get rid of it. It's the sound of freedom. Embrace the click!
Oregon red fluid grease.
Or thick gear oil.
its a good sound! it means the freehub is engaging correctly.
packing it with grease may not be a good idea
Just keep pedaling 😀
It is a beautiful sexy sound. How peculiar that you want to get rid of it. It's the sound of freedom. Embrace the click!
No, it's a god-awful, cheap sounding, racket. And 'SEXY'? You need to have a severe word with yourself about that, pal! 😯
Put it in the shed and don't touch it... 🙂
I can understand why some people would love the clicking sound as I always thought it sounded good when I was following people, It's just doing my nut in now. I think I'll try the pack it with grease option but that does make me think that it wont be engaging properly.
Could I fit a Shimano free hub?
the click is the best bit.
Take the pawls out?
I find it to be much better than fitting a bell. When your on a trail and come up behind a slower ride or walker then they know you are there by the clicking. I find it avoids me actually having to have some social skills and say "excuse me" 🙂
no, you can't fit a shimano freehub. Embrace the click 🙂
Get a Campag hub, then when you use your Hope it'll seem insignificant. My Campag freehub scares the sh*t out of pedestrians, very useful.
I know a bloke who, for the right price, could pop round and lean on the hub for you. No questions asked.
I didn't mean OVER pack it with grease but a little more grease won't cause the pawls to slip IMHO 🙂
Mountain Biking is meant to be about enjoying the quiet and peacefulness of the country side.
hmmm, maybe rambling would be better?
I love the sound of mine. hardly notice it , same goes for people saying Orange 5 are noisy but I never notice that either !
Woody74, just put enough grease to cover the ratchets and it will be much quieter, just done mine - the Hope video on rebuilding a Pro2 suggests grease round there.
Very much a buying point for me!
+1 for some grease and loving the click
It's there to let you know it needs a service 😆
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Grease here 🙂 Well in the teeth 😉
I love that sound when my wheels leave the ground
ooh! that rhymes!
After a bit over a year my Pro II's freehub became quieter. It turned out that was because most of its springs had broken. So if your Pro II is quieter than it used to be, take it apart and give it a check!
If you have been riding a long while you may remember Black Gold grease. It was originally Black, then turned green. It was the stickiest grease known to man. I think it was dinosaur snot or something similar.
Smear freewheel with that - silence.
it's a god-awful, cheap sounding, racket
Its the sound of quality, precise engineering. its one of the sounds of mountain biking that I love, but not as good as that sound of your tyres just sliding in the compression of a berm.
The noise is clearly the best part, rolling fast sounds like an angry wasp in a jar bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!
bit drastic but replace with one of [url= http://www.trueprecision.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TPC&Product_Code=200&Category_Code=MTB ]these[/url]?
for the record...I baulked at the price and kept my proII - angry buzz and all. My Alfine on the other hand though is nice and quite. Only complaint - that it was built to a XC rim and not to a fatter one.
I hate the sound of a Hope rear hub. Its like a football rattle.
Get a CK hub and enjoy a real "bees in a jar" sound
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
It must be marmite, because I love it.
sounds good but there's nowt worse than pushing your bike due to a mechanical with the slow click, click, click of a proII. It's like water torture.
No, it's a god-awful, cheap sounding, racket. And 'SEXY'? You need to have a severe word with yourself about that, pal!
You are obviously sexually immature and surpressed. If the sound of a Pro 2 whirring doesn't bar you up you probably have "I love Limahl" written on your pencil case. It's the 21st century. Loving precision engineering is acceptable nowadays. Don't you watch Futurama?
Why worry?....love the sound keeps me company.
Too much grease can cause the freehub to slip.
Not in my experience.