[OrRando] Noisy hub?

[joshua]

Questions I would ask myself if this were my bike.  Is the hub  
securely attached in the frame.  I'm with joel on these next things:  
Are all bolts firmly attached to the front of the bike, ie fenders,  
racks, lights, light brackets; double check everything.  Is my fender  
rubbing (ride it without the bag on it to see as it will make a  
difference than just in the stand.)  Is my fender resonating with the  
frequency generated by my hubs polarity pulses (sorry don't know how  
else to say that).

  But it is entirely possible that you have a hub with bearings that  
may make that noise. If you'd like i have a 650b wheel with the  
schmidt hub you can toss in there and ride around the block or so to  
see if that makes a difference and enlightens things at all.

good looking bike BTW

Joshua Bryant


On Apr 7, 2008, at 8:47 PM, cecilanne at comcast.net wrote:

> So I just picked up my new bike with its SON generator hub, and the  
> first thing I noticed is that it is LOUD.  A whistling/whirring kind  
> of loud.  I don't recall hearing this noise from other riders'  
> Schmidt hubs, and I am wondering if I should be concerned.  An  
> internet search turned up nothing helpful - I know lots of folks on  
> this list have SONs and I am wondering what their experience has  
> been.  If it makes a difference, I am running an E6/Lumotec Oval  
> combo . . . . rack mounted.
>
> Cheers, Cecil
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