Old 07-26-16, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Quant
I bought a set of Fulcrum Racing 3 wheels. So far I installed only the front one (waiting for a new cassette to arrive to install the rear wheel).
When the front wheel rolls, he has a humming noise, stronger than I used to with my previous wheel.

Part of the noise is coming from the rim itself. Is this because of interaction with the air, and the fact that the semi-aero (25mm deep) rim is hollow and acting as a sound box? Is this typical to semi-aero\aero wheels?

And part of the noise is definitely coming from the hub. The hub is less quiet than I'm used to. I wonder if other riders in this forum have experience with Fulcrum wheels and noticed the same thing.
If you think the front hub is noisy, wait till you hear the rear...

I sometimes ride behind guys going "woo, woo, woo, woo" when they invariably ask WTF? I say, that's the sound my 404s would make if I had some...
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