Originally Posted by
Zaskar
There was a time when guys judged how good a hub was by how loud it was - with louder being better.
Hence comments like this:
Originally Posted by
eduskator
The more expensive is the bike, the louder the sound will get!
I'm not even joking, some people actually think the louder the better quality it must be, so they go searching for loud hubs:
https://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listc...3101&pagenum=1
https://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listc...hreadid=165985
https://www.google.com/search?client...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Which, of course, leads manufacturers to produce hubs that makes a lot of noise to make those people buy their hubs.