Originally Posted by Iride01

Oh.... that makes sense. That's what I have always disliked about the Axis hubs on my Tarmac. I think they are made by DT swiss exclusively for Specialized.

It is a downer for someone like me coming from the relatively quiet Shimano free hubs. But I've gotten so use to it over the last year and a half I'd forgotten about all the noise I now make.

It wouldn't be a no for me though if I had to buy a noisy freehub. But if they build them with something quieter, I'd pay more money to get them with that hub. But not much more.