Recommendation on quiet ratchet hub

[guido]

Greetings,

I am fairly new to wheelbuilding and want to build a set of wheels for my s.o. but she doesn't like loud ratchets (for instance the racket made by a friends Rolf wheels drive her crazy!)

They would be for training on old but not ridiculous pavement... I'm planning a pretty standard 32 hole 3x lacing and Mavic Open Pro rims.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a modest cost, 10 speed and quiet set of hubs?

Thanks!

guido

[carlineng]

Shimano 105 (5700) or Ultegra (6600 or 6700) all fit the bill.

[false_Aest]

My 7700 hubs are quieter coasting than my bike is when I'm pedaling. Seriously, they're awesome.

If the plan is to stay 10speed for a few years then do those. You can find NOS on ebay.

They're awesome for sneaking up to someone whole descending.

[Fishbike]

Shimano 105 (5700) or Ultegra (6600 or 6700) all fit the bill.

Yes. I like quiet hubs too and Shimano hubs are reliably quiet. 105 hubs are a great value. Campy branded hubs are quiet too if that's how you roll.

[Dead Man]

My SRAM hub sounds like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDafMzo4HO8

[pbarry]

^^ I would have shoveled extra sidewalks and driveways to have had that when I was 11. :hello:

[Louis]

My SRAM hub sounds like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDafMzo4HO8

Fifteen custom stickers !!!!!

Even $20,000 bikes don't come with custom stickers!

[vqdriver]

Yes. I like quiet hubs too and Shimano hubs are reliably quiet. 105 hubs are a great value. Campy branded hubs are quiet too if that's how you roll.

really? both sets of my eurus wheels were freakin loud

my 7700 hubs are quiet

[gemship]

Greetings,

I am fairly new to wheelbuilding and want to build a set of wheels for my s.o. but she doesn't like loud ratchets (for instance the racket made by a friends Rolf wheels drive her crazy!)

They would be for training on old but not ridiculous pavement... I'm planning a pretty standard 32 hole 3x lacing and Mavic Open Pro rims.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a modest cost, 10 speed and quiet set of hubs?

Thanks!

guido


Do a google search and look up Velomine wheels. I purchased a set of Open pro rims laced with the DT straight gauge spokes to 105 hubs thru Ebay for 219$ and am very pleased with this wheelset. I even went above and beyond and payed my lbs another 30$ to check spoke tension and basically true these wheels to near perfection before I put weight and use on them. Great value, whisper quiet, bunny hop off of curves strong and exactly what your looking for. Not to mention a good value.

[eddief]

more than decent and decently quiet. great customer service. Can't beat Shimano for quiet, but bhs.com way lighter.

[zzy]

+1 on 7700s. May favorite hub for MANY reasons.

[cmg]

if you take the hubs apart and knock off the corners of the the pawls (If your hub uses pawls) most hubs will quiet down. of course this will age the hubs and reduce the bearing surface of the face that makes contact with the freehub but it will quietier. you can't do this to a dt swiss hub for example, get use to the noise.

[Louis]

Pedal faster.

[macaroon]

MY DT 350 hubs are fairly quiet, come in a 32 hole drilling and are also supposed to be very reliable. They're also home serviceable.

[oldpotatoe]

Shimano 105 (5700) or Ultegra (6600 or 6700) all fit the bill.

What he said or 5800(when they are released) or 6800..11s, and even tho that isn't the 'answer', it's all going that way. Assuming the OP is shimano 10s, not Campagnolo 10s(in spite of the screen name). And yes, a shimano 10s cogset works great on an otherwise '11s' hub..just use the supplied with the hub, spacer for 10s.

[oldpotatoe]

if you take the hubs apart and knock off the corners of the the pawls (If your hub uses pawls) most hubs will quiet down. of course this will age the hubs and reduce the bearing surface of the face that makes contact with the freehub but it will quietier. you can't do this to a dt swiss hub for example, get use to the noise.

Pretty tough with ultegra or 105 hubs since the pawls are internal to the FH body..Yup, you can take 'em apart, then muck with the 2 pawls(poor idea, IMHO, ask Tyler Hamilton, when his wrench took one of the 3 pawls out and his farging wheel failed) and maybe get all the 1/8 bearing balls back in there, but.....

[druptight]

Campy branded hubs are quiet too if that's how you roll.

This is not true for either set of campy hubs I own.

[guido]

Thanks for the input folks! Lots of great ideas. I just scored a nice deal on some 105 hubs.

[oldpotatoe]

MY DT 350 hubs are fairly quiet, come in a 32 hole drilling and are also supposed to be very reliable. They're also home serviceable.

Great hubs these. Same design and some same bits as DT240, just different (off shore) hub shell, And bearings, fewer drillings but awesome hubs.

But, most modern hubs, are 3 pawls...shimano are 2....hence less noise.

Some others, like AmericanClassic, are really one....one metal prong rotating a disc that moves 6? Or 8? Little levers into the hub.

[austex]

Shimano 105 (5700) or Ultegra (6600 or 6700) all fit the bill.

And with a Morningstar tool, you can flush/inject Phil Tenacious Oil into the f/h - I can't hear mine ratchet....


Tom

[Joachim]

And with a Morningstar tool, you can flush/inject Phil Tenacious Oil into the f/h - I can't hear mine ratchet....


Tom

Phil is WAY too thick for pawls... Maybe it doesn't get cold where you are, but if the temp drops.....good luck.



http://www.dumondetech.com/products/bicycle-2/

[oldpotatoe]

Phil is WAY too thick for pawls... Maybe it doesn't get cold where you are, but if the temp drops.....good luck.



http://www.dumondetech.com/products/bicycle-2/

Mobil 1

[GeorgeTSquirrel]

Mobil 1

What, straight up oil? Or do they make an 0 or 00 grade grease? I want to try using some 00 grease from Valvoline if I can ever find someone that carries it. http://www.valvoline.com/products/commercial-industrial-products/grease/128

[oldpotatoe]

What, straight up oil? Or do they make an 0 or 00 grade grease? I want to try using some 00 grease from Valvoline if I can ever find someone that carries it. http://www.valvoline.com/products/commercial-industrial-products/grease/128

I use 0w-15 I think..thin but doesn't get thick when cold..also for spoke/eyelet interfaces, DT ratchets, all sorts of applications. Cheap, a quart lasts for a long time.

[Mark McM]

Mobil 1

What does Mobil 1 give you that other oils don't in this application?

Like other oils, Mobile 1 comes in a variety of grades - which grade is recommended for this application?

[oldpotatoe]

What does Mobil 1 give you that other oils don't in this application?

Like other oils, Mobile 1 comes in a variety of grades - which grade is recommended for this application?

Any synthetic motor oil...slippery, doesn't get thick when cold.

Bike stuff, like pawls and such, 'which grade' really isn't that important.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I've actually been using the 1/4qts of left over oil from my oil changes on my "lesser" bikes (winter beater, townie, ss mtb) for a while now

seems to work pretty well. chains seem to like it too. definitely good for free hubs.