Rear hub noise.

ben@31
ben@31 Posts: 2,327
edited August 2012 in Road beginners
I've just bought some Campagnolo wheels. One thing I've noticed is the clicking from the rear hub when free wheeling. I've never heard a clicking like it. It's like a swarm of angry bees that are chasing after me (I don't cycle that fast).

Is this normal? I read elsewhere that the joke is that Tullio Campagnolo made it mandatory becasue he wanted to remind riders to keep pedaling at all times.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Yes, it's normal and many people class it as the sign of a quality hub that it clicks when freewheeling.
  • thescouselander
    thescouselander Posts: 549
    Pross wrote:
    Yes, it's normal and many people class it as the sign of a quality hub that it clicks when freewheeling.


    Strange as it is I think this is true - the more expensive the hub the louder the click. Why?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Something to do with the pawls (don't ask me more than that!). My Pro Lites were silent for a couple of hundred miles and I hated it but then they started making a lovely hum.

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