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What’s the quietest rear hub available?

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Bendix coasters - Because they have nothing inside apart from a gert big Bendix thread that bites the side of the hub to go forward 🙂

Does that count as one or infinite points of engagement?......


 
Posted : 07/07/2023 3:55 pm
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Another vote for Newmen Fade, I got a pair in the sales from Germany a few months ago and they're brilliant. Now I've got a silent rear hub I loathe the noise from my Pro 4/Hunt/DT 350's.

Someone mentioned Stan's, the set I have (330?)  are as loud as Hopes...


 
Posted : 09/07/2023 1:28 am
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Newmen Fade is very quiet. Came as standard on my Cube road bike.


 
Posted : 09/07/2023 2:04 am
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Bitex hubs on my JRAs are pretty quiet. They're just standard pawl hubs, as are the Newmen Fades.

What makes a pawl hub quieter? Aside from grease instead of oil.

Would you consider this an accurate impression of how quiet it is?


 
Posted : 09/07/2023 10:26 am
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I think I read that nukeproof did a hub that could run loud or quite.  It was in my possibles list but ended up with Hunt's.


 
Posted : 09/07/2023 11:23 am
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Fulcrum +another

Definitely not my WTB tho 🙂


 
Posted : 09/07/2023 11:27 am
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DT on a 18T ratchet are very quiet, but quite laggy. My heavy duty wheels had them but had to swap after using the 36T for 6 months in my other wheelset.

Nukeproof Horizon do have a set of quiet pawls, but have to be bought separately. Not tried them as the standard ones aren't too bad, but then I've had 20+ years on Hopes of various generations.


 
Posted : 09/07/2023 12:23 pm
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bikesandboots

Would you consider this an accurate impression of how quiet it is?

My Fade sounds nothing like that, it's more or less silent, can hear a little tick in the stand, eerie silence while riding.


 
Posted : 10/07/2023 1:59 am
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Tairin S1

Maybe not with that exposed bearing though


 
Posted : 14/07/2023 2:04 pm
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Although I see Chris King has the same. I could believe that it's at least as effective as the green seal on the Hope Pro 4. And Tairin is from BC so they must have considered this.


 
Posted : 15/07/2023 5:56 am
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