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Old 05-05-15 | 08:10 PM
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FBinNY
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

OK, quick, easy diagnostic.

Remove the cassette, and/or install the wheel bypassing the chain, close the QR and spin the wheel. Do you hear it?

If so, it's the hub bearings (or related).
If not, put your finger against the freehub body and stop it while the wheel keeps spinning. Hear it now? If so, it's inside the freehub itself.

You can remove it, do a solvent soak and flush, set it on end to drain, then relube with a decent, sticky oil (not grease). Mount it, mount the axle, grease and adjusting the bearings and see if it's gone.

Or, once you've isolated it to the freehub, simply ignore it until here's a problem.
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