Clicky back wheel

Too old for this

I have seen a few orange bikes today and the rear wheel clicking when free wheeling is really loud, my Mongoose is virtually silent, why is this and could someone explain the difference please. :?:

nicklouse

Hope hubs?

andrewjoseph

poor maintenance, some people will tell you it is due to different types of hubs, this is rubbish, ignore these people as they know nothing.

if a bike has a clicky back wheel it proves the owner cares nothing for his bike. you should take them aside and suggest they use a bit of grease.

if they tell you (and they will) that it supposed to sound like that, and that it was like that from new. just walk away. have nothing to do with these people as the stupidity may be catching.

nicklouse

andrewjoseph
sorry I could answer this in one word but i will not.

and try reading some service info. Grease yeh right. (very few recommend any grease or a very very small amount)

andrewjoseph

nicklouse wrote:

andrewjoseph
sorry I could answer this in one word but i will not.

and try reading some service info. Grease yeh right. (very few recommend any grease or a very very small amount)

are you saying you don't believe me??

have you not read ANY of my previous posts and so know about my fabled infallibility?

Andy B

If this was in the CrudCatcher I would have taken your post with a pinch of salt

As it's not I can only say your post is full of crap

Your post is misleading and plain wrong which makes you look like a first class idiot who clearly has no clue what he's on about

andrewjoseph

Sigh... suppose I should have used more smiles, but I didn't want to give the game away.

Yes, I am talking rubbish, I thought most people would see that I was talking rubbish and carry on the joke.

I failed miserably.

I have Hope hubs on all my bikes, I like the clicky sound.

Andy B

If you want to play try the crudcatcher, there's no fun-hoovers in there

nicklouse

andrewjoseph wrote:

Sigh... suppose I should have used more smiles, but I didn't want to give the game away.

Yes, I am talking rubbish, I thought most people would see that I was talking rubbish and carry on the joke.

I failed miserably.

I have Hope hubs on all my bikes, I like the clicky sound.

do it again and you are out of here.

andrewjoseph

nicklouse wrote:

andrewjoseph wrote:

Sigh... suppose I should have used more smiles, but I didn't want to give the game away.

Yes, I am talking rubbish, I thought most people would see that I was talking rubbish and carry on the joke.

I failed miserably.

I have Hope hubs on all my bikes, I like the clicky sound.

do it again and you are out of here.

Are you serious?

Andy B

Probably, personally I wouldn't take the risk

Giving misleading info in a section for beginners is pretty poor form

nicklouse

andrewjoseph wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

andrewjoseph wrote:

Sigh... suppose I should have used more smiles, but I didn't want to give the game away.

Yes, I am talking rubbish, I thought most people would see that I was talking rubbish and carry on the joke.

I failed miserably.

I have Hope hubs on all my bikes, I like the clicky sound.

do it again and you are out of here.

Are you serious?

hell yes.

andrewjoseph

My apologies.

after many posts here: helping others, discussing theories and opinions, i feel i have never offended or upset anyone, never given bad advice or ridiculed anyone.

here I have attempted to inject some obvious humour. it might not have been funny, but, after some some work by the OP, he would have found that my comments were wrong.

many others here in the beginners section, have been openly hostile and even ridiculed some posts by novices.

the one and only time I make a deliberate attempt to be silly, i am threatened with a ban.

this is not even handed moderating, of which I have some experience, I was a mod on mtb-wales for several years.

i am dismayed at the threat of a ban for such a trivial 'offence'. it's not even as if it is something i do regularly and have been warned about. i shall be bringing this threat to the attention of the site owners.

I have had great respect for nicklouse, but feel this threat is not warranted.

The Northern Monkey

:roll:

Too old for this

Calm down lads, I only asked a question about a bit of noise which would annoy me if it were on my bike :shock:

I don't want to see anyone banned over this, I know that on internet forums replies can be misread and taken the wrong way, but I do possess a sense of humour and am not green enough to believe everything that I read.

Andy

andrewjoseph wrote:

I have had great respect for nicklouse, but feel this threat is not warranted.

You're wrong.

diy

To expand on the answer different hubs are constructed differently and have different prawls (little bit of metal that act as ratchets on the hub to make it drive and run free) and spring systems which make a different sound.


I have a hope pro 2s on mine and they are quite noisy. Its possible to silence them with a bit of grease.

Anonymous

Too old for this wrote:

I have seen a few orange bikes today and the rear wheel clicking when free wheeling is really loud, my Mongoose is virtually silent, why is this and could someone explain the difference please. :?:

I guess you mean Orange 5s with the boxy swing arm? It dose seem that that boxy swing arm amplifies the clicky noise even more and Oranges often seem to come with Pro2 hubs.

Northwind

diy wrote:

To expand on the answer different hubs are constructed differently and have different prawls (little bit of metal that act as ratchets on the hub to make it drive and run free) and spring systems which make a different sound.

There's something wrong with that pro 2, none of the pawl springs seem to be broken!

Clank

RichardSwt wrote:

I guess you mean Orange 5s with the boxy swing arm? It dose seem that that boxy swing arm amplifies the clicky noise even more and Oranges often seem to come with Pro2 hubs.

By my reakoning, they're one of noisiest combinations that doesn't involve a knackered hub. Good news is I can here 'em coming a mile off and clear out thier way!

tom_howard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QjtZSnQcZY gloriously loud

ride_whenever

CK aren't loud, try one of the halo supadrive hubs. Such fast clicking it's like a buzz and is horribly unpleasant in comparison to the reassuring click of a hope.

tom_howard

ride_whenever wrote:

CK aren't loud, try one of the halo supadrive hubs. Such fast clicking it's like a buzz and is horribly unpleasant in comparison to the reassuring click of a hope.

To each, their own.

1340jas

Clank is correct on this one. Orange designed the box section swing arm to amplify the sound generated by the Hope hubs. This alows other trail riders to hear the approach of a fast moving 5 and move out of the way in good time. Thus avoiding any possibility of Trail Rage, a condition well document on this forum before the advent of the much loved Orange 5.

Ryan Jones

1340jas wrote:

This alows other trail riders to hear the approach of a fast moving 5 .

After the first post I'd have thought jokes without smilies would have been carefully considered

Definitely don't want to grease a freehub, had this in the bmx days when the previous owner of a wheel had done this and during a no-footer my bike had miraculously transformed into a fixie !

1340jas

sorry I thought I had included the big smile.....

Northwind

1340jas wrote:

Clank is correct on this one. Orange designed the box section swing arm to amplify the sound generated by the Hope hubs. This alows other trail riders to hear the approach of a fast moving 5 and move out of the way in good time. Thus avoiding any possibility of Trail Rage, a condition well document on this forum before the advent of the much loved Orange 5.

The other version- Lester had broken yet another Hope hub, and threw it in a skip in frustration. As it landed the freehub spun and was nicely amplified by the walls. Thus was born a legend!

Northwind

1340jas wrote:

Clank is correct on this one. Orange designed the box section swing arm to amplify the sound generated by the Hope hubs. This alows other trail riders to hear the approach of a fast moving 5 and move out of the way in good time. Thus avoiding any possibility of Trail Rage, a condition well document on this forum before the advent of the much loved Orange 5.

The other version- Lester had broken yet another Hope hub, and threw it in a skip in frustration. As it landed the freehub spun and was nicely amplified by the walls. Thus was born a legend!

1340jas

Touche......