Volume control on our hubs
 

Ive noticed that both my freewheel and my gf freewheels are not as noisy. Her fulcrum was super loud and now they aren't. My mavics are the same.

How do we keep me loud?
Or why are they not as loud?

You and your GF shoud take a nice dose of HTFU! That noise is your HTFU alarm and it means that you stopped pedalling. You shouldn't hear that noise.

That was mean, unnecessarily rough and plain unfriendly. BUT funny as H E L L. Well done!

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

You mean the hubs lose volume over time? Makes sense to me. I'm not too sure how a free wheel works, but if it is anything like how a roller coaster gets pulled up a hill, if the internal parts get rounded off and worn down the clicking will become less loud.

Not really. You just get used to the sound and pretty much tune it out after awhile.

Where did you get the roller coaster analogy? Wouldn't that be a safety issue???

I thought it had to do with the amount, quality, age, viscosity, ect.. of the grease inside the hubs, if it bothered you enough you could take it to the lbs and ask for a quiet hub, and they would put a lot of grease in there, or if you wanted a louder one, they would only put a little.

I like loud hubs. When I am riding on bike path and I encounter pedestrians, all I need to do is stop pedaling and they hear me and move out of the way. My wife's bike is quiet and she needs to yell at people to get them to move.

I also like me loud. No need to say anything.

It mostly has to do with the ratchet engagement system and the number of pawls. Adding grease can make it quiet, but too much can make it sticky and slow engagement.

Use a lower viscosity grease for more volume.