So I have found a beautiful All-City Mr Pink -- fits great and rides beautifully. But . . . the rear freehub is so loud that it ruins everything. Trust me, lots of people tell me that I shouldn't let a loud freehub prevent me from buying a good bike or that I should just keep pedaling or lots of other things to convince me this isn't a problem. I don't care about any of that. I want a quiet freehub. Period.

I think this is a fixable problem though . . . The LBS can, of course, build me a new wheel, but they also suggested they could most likely remove the existing freehub from the rim and replace it with a Shimano hub. Is that true? Would I also end up replacing the spokes? Is this an easy thing for an LBS to do for me?

The existing wheel on this bike is the stock DT Swiss R24 Spline with a 28-hole pattern, 130mm spacing. These don't sound like unusual specs. What else I need to learn about that hub to know if it can be replaced with a quieter Shimano?

Thanks