Jody
Stubborn git
Bit these are NOISY....far too much so.
Its what puts me off Hope hubs. I need some new wheels and would like to swap out for hope but my standard Giant hubs are almost silent when freewheeling.
Bit these are NOISY....far too much so.
Its what puts me off Hope hubs. I need some new wheels and would like to swap out for hope but my standard Giant hubs are almost silent when freewheeling.
Yikes. I think they've changed the ratchet mechanism in the newer versions although I don't know the details. They're less noisy than they used to be.Expensive hope hub, man gauge spokes and mavic rims on my then MTB. Took the rear wheel off to fix a puncture one day and the freewheel portion just fell off the wheel with the cassette attached. Never seen owt like it. The interesting part is that it gave an insight into the hopes construction - it uses little leaf springs on the pawls instead of little coil springs like Shimano, and the strength of the springs probably accounts for the racket.
The front wheel has been fine and is still in use.