silent rear hub - do they still make them?

stanescoo

First post here, good day to you all!

I'm planning to build a bike from scratch in the next months. Cro-mo hardtail. Will surely be back here with further questions, but 'till then: what silent rear hubs do you recommend?

I have a silent clutch on my old genesis workhorse and just love it, wouldn't want the new one to clickclickclick like mad, as i see is the trend nowadays... so what recommendations do yo have, others than "grease a lot"

thanks a lot!

MattMTB

The Formula hubs my Voodoo Bokor came with are thankfully silent

Paul 8v

Don't buy a Hope, they sound like one of those spinny clicker things they used to have at football matches

LjStronge

Paul 8v wrote:

Don't buy a Hope, they sound like one of those spinny clicker things they used to have at football matches

They don't sound that bad - and actually sound awesome downhill fast!

ride_whenever

I cannot hear my old mavic hubs, shimano are fairly quiet as well.

shm_uk

Paul 8v wrote:

Don't buy a Hope, they sound like one of those spinny clicker things they used to have at football matches

Yeh, Hope hubs are notoriously loud.

Shimano's are pretty quiet. My XT hub is almost silent.

cooldad

Most hubs are pretty quiet.

Hopes etc are noisy so everyone knows that the owner is special.

That's my theory anyway.

Beardface

I have hopes.. I find them useful if I'm on canal paths, the rear one doubles up as a good horn. However, sometimes they annoy the hell out of me. (Didn't buy them separate, they came with my old bike.. given the choice, I would probably have silent hubs too, but until they break, I'm keeping them).

Still, I guess that:

Sadly, it's true.

Andy!

hope hubs are fecking annoying to everyone else around you!

I saw something about a new silent hub last month but can't remember what make so that is pretty useless information.

LjStronge

I ride with 3 others - We all have Hope Rears, it is a bit of a joke if we all free wheel!

submityournentries

gone from a halo combat (which isnt quite as loud as my freinds pro2) to the superstar switch hub and its not silent, but its really quiet.

dennisn

Not an MTB'er, but my Shimano DA hubs are quiet as a mouse. Would assume that it would be the same on their MTB hubs. Please note the word "assume".

Beardface

LjStronge wrote:

I ride with 3 others - We all have Hope Rears, it is a bit of a joke if we all free wheel!

I know the feeling, 1 other mate has hopes, and 2 have Chris Kings.. man, the sounds when we all freewheel is mental!

jay12

i love loud hubs. but have a shimano on teh back atm.damn. will have a hope in the future.

also sun rinlge lawwill hubs are the loudest i have ever heard, chris king is just annoying tbh, hope have the best sound

*AL*

Roval (DT Swiss) hubs are near silent.

Ginjafro

Two choices:

1. Put in ear plugs!
2. Most peds don't hear you anyway, SWTF!

I love Hopes!!

stanescoo

thanks for your answers, I'll see to it and keep you posted!