Clicking cassette

[northshore]

The cassette makes really loud clicking noises when I'm just coasting but the minute I pedal the clicking noises disappear. Is this normal?

[el_d00der1n0]

Could it be the freehub is really noisy?

[Neccros]

Ummm King hub???

[slowSSer]

does it look like the chain is physically moving every time it clicks? then it's the deralleur, but you need to be pedaling to have this happen...

is the wheel spinning and the cahin not? then it's a freewheel.

[Cowgirl]

What kind of hub do you have? Is it a new noise?

[northshore]

Originally Posted by slowSSer

does it look like the chain is physically moving every time it clicks? then it's the deralleur, but you need to be pedaling to have this happen...

is the wheel spinning and the cahin not? then it's a freewheel.

Chain is not moving.

Originally Posted by Cowgirl

What kind of hub do you have? Is it a new noise?

Hub is a Alloy 32H
Cassette is a SRAM-PG950, 11/34T, 9 Speed

[davidB]

it's just your hub, freaked me out too after having my wheels built

[el_d00der1n0]

maybe i should start a new thread on this, but is it the type of rachet system that makes one louder than another?

[capnsavem]

Originally Posted by mechmann

yes.

some hubs are very loud (Hope, I9)

some are can be relatively quiet (depending on maintenance) (Chris King, Shimano)

you can usually quiet down a loud hub significantly by adding some grease, but be careful, you can also totally ruin your engagement.

good call.

my shimano hub is as quiet as a church mouse.

i thought something was wrong because it WASNT clicking- lol

[Neccros]

Originally Posted by mechmann

yes.

some hubs are very loud (Hope, I9)

some are can be relatively quiet (depending on maintenance) (Chris King, Shimano)

you can usually quiet down a loud hub significantly by adding some grease, but be careful, you can also totally ruin your engagement.

Ummm you havent heard Lee's SS King!!

[northshore]

All I know is mine sounds like an old ice cream truck coming down the hills.

[dstepper]

I have Kings on three bikes. They all are quiter than most hubs.

If my hub was making a different noise I would be tearing it apart to see what was going on, I have seen hubs break and seize on the trail, most have been WTB's and XT's...bummer carrying your bike out.

[el_d00der1n0]

Originally Posted by northshore

All I know is mine sounds like an old ice cream truck coming down the hills.

That can be dangerous in some neighborhoods to be false advertising...

[Chopper]

A loud hub is a good thing. It let's the rider in front of you know when you are not pedaling.

[Red Hot Sloth]

The hub on my Heckler is a Ringle', and I love how loud it is, sounds like an amplified beehive, wvvizzzzzzz!!!!
The hub on my hardtail is a shimano xt.......silence, I call it riding in stealth mode.

[BrewMaster]

I can't stand the sound of I9s for some reason. Hopes and Hadleys are loud too, but they have a different pitch or sound and thus don't bother me.

[foofighter]

i remember when my group of friends all had king hubs and when we started rolling down the hill it sounded like an angry swarm of bees

[RustyIron]

I have a secret sauce made of white lithium grease and STP that I like for hubs. It's light enough viscosity where it doesn't inhibit the pawls from moving, but it silences them so you'll be riding through the hills quieter than a Shaolin priest.

[Tedroy]

Originally Posted by northshore

All I know is mine sounds like an old ice cream truck coming down the hills.

Old ice cream trucks are really creepy!

[BrewMaster]

Originally Posted by foofighter

i remember when my group of friends all had king hubs and when we started rolling down the hill it sounded like an angry swarm of bees

as opposed to those swarms of really happy and friendly bees?