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Old 07-25-09, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by soho2009
mconlonx,

Have you run into rear sprocket noise? I've had my Trek soho to the lbs twice now for adjustment and still have a noisy rear sprocket. Its the lbs's only belt drive right now, so I'm the guinea pig (and knowingly, so not complaining)

We've done the loosening of the belt and really cant go any looser without slippage plus pretty much the dropout is about as far back as it will go.
Nope, never run into rear sprocket noise, not on the sohos I've tested, nor the Districts. The belt should actually be under pretty high tension--there's a special tension measuring tool for this called the Krikit, from Gates, available through Trek. For noise like you're describing, first thing I'd check would be that tension adjusters are even on both sides of the bike.

Otherwise, it could be the hub. The Soho I just rode has a completely silent hub, but my own couple-year-old Nexus 8 Premium makes a few different noises depending on what gear it's in.
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