I have a roomate from college who is still an active racer. He is always trying to get me to go down the carbon fiber/ current component path.

I rarely see him on his bike, but its not that he doesn't ride. Far from it. It is just that we are one different schedules.

But today was a holiday, so he was coming out of his neighborhood as I was on my way home.

We tried to talk, but his freehub was so noisy that I had to shout. Don't know what kind it was. The hubs were red and as everone knows, the only color that hubs should be is silver.

So, here's the question: are all modern freehubs really loud or is it just a few models ? If so, how do people tolerate this?

That's all. Gonna go shellac some tubulars to my wooden rims.