Hunts Freehub Noise

[derrick]

Not a bad price though .

I bought a set of Chinese wheels for half the price, look and feel better than Hunts, I ride them all the time my wife has stopped using her hunts, that says it all.

 

[Cuchilo]

I bought a set of Chinese wheels for half the price, look and feel better than Hunts, I ride them all the time my wife has stopped using her hunts, that says it all.

Wanna sell them ? I'm building a couple of TT bikes that could use shoot training wheels .

 

[Levo-Lon]

I love my Hunt mtb wheels, they are a bit noisy but I'll just add grease if they start to annoy me.
£330, bargain

 

[PaulSB]

I have a pair of carbon wheels with a loud free hub. I've grown to like it but I know my cycle buddies do not.

I've developed a technique of pedalling slowly in situations when I used to freewheel. This means there is little, if any, noise when I'm backing off for a few seconds

 

[SpokeyDokey]

My Giant CX has a silent (more or less) freehub my Trek has a noisy bugger that initially irritated me but I've gotten used to it now - reminds me of the SpokeyDokeys I used to have years ago on my kids bike.

The other upside is that it scares the suicidal Jackdaws out of my path earlier than usual as I bear down on them - on my Giant they used to hang on in there until the last moment whilst scoffing roadkill which was unnerving.

Gratuitous Jackdaw pic' - simply because it amuses me:

 

[Threevok]

Since moving to Hope hubs, I've never looked back

I can't, it's deafening

 

[EasyPeez]

Nothing beats the Hope for noise

14months in and I'm well chuffed with my Hope hubs.

I'm a bit mystified by the rep they have for being uber-noisy though. Whilst they do have a satisfying (and useful when riding in a pack) clack, at least 3 people have louder freehubs in my group of chums - Hunt and I think DT Swiss being among the culprits, if memory serves.

 

[ianrauk]

Loud Hubs = The Devils Work.
No thank thee.....

 

[dtheory]

I bought a set of Chinese wheels for half the price, look and feel better than Hunts, I ride them all the time my wife has stopped using her hunts, that says it all.

Could you provide a bit of detail as to why your opinion soured on the Hunts?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Pop the hub out,easy, apply some grease.. enjoy.
My hunt hub is just about right , angry wasp without grease

 

[derrick]

Could you provide a bit of detail as to why your opinion soured on the Hunts?

So noisy, I made my other half ride behind, I also have a mate who had some, there now on his pub bike, i messaged hunt, never really got a proper reply, They said thats how they are, Over rated wheels,

 

[Globalti]

They will quieten down as the pawls wear.

 

[derrick]

They will quieten down as the pawls wear.

Takes to long, both sets had probably done 1500 miles, They need to change there freewheel. At the end of the day they are cheap Chinese wheels. I will stick with my Chinese Wheels for half the price of the Hunts.

 

[the_mikey]

I miss my old Campagnolo wheels, they had a lovely noisy freehub, who needs a bell when you simply stop pedalling to announce your presence to everyone for hundreds of metres around? 😬

 

[HLaB]

They will quieten down as the pawls wear.

My old campagnolo khamsins done that, or so I thought, a month later I found out it was the pawl spring that had worn