Campagnolo freehub sounds
12-21-21, 10:26 AM
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Campagnolo freehub sounds
Hello all,
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with either Campag Zonda or Scirocco wheels and how loud their free hubs are?
Mark
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with either Campag Zonda or Scirocco wheels and how loud their free hubs are?
Mark
12-21-21, 10:29 AM
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All depends on the lube you use. With a light grease on the pawls, they are pretty quiet. With light oil they are still not real loud.
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12-21-21, 11:14 AM
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It might be relative to what the reviewer is use to from previous products.
Also, some like a noisy free hub others don't. Coming from a relatively quiet Shimano free hub to a very noisy DT-Swiss free hub all I can say is it doesn't annoy me almost two years later as much as it did when I got it.
I mostly just consider it a reminder not to coast so much.
Also, some like a noisy free hub others don't. Coming from a relatively quiet Shimano free hub to a very noisy DT-Swiss free hub all I can say is it doesn't annoy me almost two years later as much as it did when I got it.
I mostly just consider it a reminder not to coast so much.
12-21-21, 01:35 PM
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I've had several sets of Zonda / Racing 3 wheels -- they were all very quiet. The Sciroccos I had were not nearly as quiet.
12-22-21, 04:24 AM
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A lot of Campag and Fulcrum wheels use the same free hub, which I would say is quieter than my Mavic Ksyriums were, but noisier than Shimano hubs seems to be. Personally, it doesn't bother me but YMMV.
12-22-21, 05:45 AM
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There's a way to make a freehub quiet. Keep pedaling.
Kidding aside, I ride Zondas, a lot, I never notice the noise of the pawls.
Kidding aside, I ride Zondas, a lot, I never notice the noise of the pawls.
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12-24-21, 10:15 AM
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There are youtube vids on how to make your hubs louder. The safest, most sensible method is replacing the pawl springs with stronger and higher quality springs (not just trying to bend the stock springs with pliers which is asking for trouble). And don't forget to re-lube if you mod. Some modders don't re-lube and I think is asking for trouble.
I didn't do it but it seems to be a thing / fad in my country and other poor countries like India.
I didn't do it but it seems to be a thing / fad in my country and other poor countries like India.
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There are youtube vids on how to make your hubs louder. The safest, most sensible method is replacing the pawl springs with stronger and higher quality springs (not just trying to bend the stock springs with pliers which is asking for trouble). And don't forget to re-lube if you mod. Some modders don't re-lube and I think is asking for trouble.
I didn't do it but it seems to be a thing / fad in my country and other poor countries like India.
I didn't do it but it seems to be a thing / fad in my country and other poor countries like India.
