Thread: Which of the four makes the best internally geared hub?
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Old 10-16-17 | 01:20 PM
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Bandera
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Originally Posted by Payton1221
Are all of these quiet (assuming properly lubricated)? And how quiet are they compared to conventional chained gearing?
Very few IGH machines will have a belt drive, chain drive is the overwhelming standard.
Since all these IGH hubs freewheel, with the exception of the SA S3X, they are not silent when coasting but my AW w/ a sip of 30W machine oil is as quiet or more so than my Derail freehubs. Since mine is fitted w/ a Cyclo 3-cog Derail conversion it does have the noise of the chain engaging cogs.

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