Ridiculously LOUD freehub?
Hi All,
Having been a good boy, Santa brought me a set of Fulcrum EVO 5 wheels. They're great, except for one thing that worries me: should the freewheel clicking / ratcheting be as loud as it is?
When freewheeling, my old wheels were pretty quiet (as are everyone else's on the club runs etc). Now it sounds like a chainsaw going off everytime I coast along. I honestly worry about what old ladies must think is coming up behind them when I approach :shock:
Is it normal, or should I send them back?
Cheers,
Rob
Having been a good boy, Santa brought me a set of Fulcrum EVO 5 wheels. They're great, except for one thing that worries me: should the freewheel clicking / ratcheting be as loud as it is?
When freewheeling, my old wheels were pretty quiet (as are everyone else's on the club runs etc). Now it sounds like a chainsaw going off everytime I coast along. I honestly worry about what old ladies must think is coming up behind them when I approach :shock:
Is it normal, or should I send them back?
Cheers,
Rob
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Rob
But if out with the wifey, who isn't a big-time cyclist and cycles a bit slower than me, I'm immediately aware of how *bloody loud* it is
I end-up dropping down three or four gears and use it as a spin session, just to keep the noise down
I wonder if it's anything to do with noise amplification through the high tension/low spoke count and stiff rim section.
Oddly, my Campag. "Centaur" freehubs are as quiet as my Ultegras (and the LBS reckon there's a way to replace the freehubs on these if/when they wear out).
Of course, they're 32H on light box-section rims which overall seem to ride much quieter too - so maybe there's less of a "sound box" amplification going on here.
I'm sure I was told that Campag/Fulcrum wheels....maybe just high end ones... have a grease port where you can inject some grease easily enough rather than disassembling the hub in the search for silence?