thunderstorm80
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Hi,
The new ezee motor that Grin stocks has a modern cassette hub, which is good and is bad.
I know a higher count of paws&springs per revolution, means a higher quality freewheel, but, the noise, which is amplified by the motor's body, drives me insane!
It has like 100 clicks per revolution, so it sounds like a whinning motorcycle buzz, which really counters the peacefulness of going with bicycle through nature.
It also prevents you from detecting any bicycle alerting noises from upcoming failures - like loose spokes, loose nuts, etc...
Is there a way to keep that damn thing quiet? (except pedalling - if I were to pedal all the time I would have taken my regular bike)
I was reading that you can inject grease, but that can cause the paws to get stuck - so you freewheel in both directions.
Is it possible to remove the freewheel completely and replace with a simpler, cheaper, but QUIET unit?
Thanks for any info about this..
Roy
The new ezee motor that Grin stocks has a modern cassette hub, which is good and is bad.
I know a higher count of paws&springs per revolution, means a higher quality freewheel, but, the noise, which is amplified by the motor's body, drives me insane!
It has like 100 clicks per revolution, so it sounds like a whinning motorcycle buzz, which really counters the peacefulness of going with bicycle through nature.
It also prevents you from detecting any bicycle alerting noises from upcoming failures - like loose spokes, loose nuts, etc...
Is there a way to keep that damn thing quiet? (except pedalling - if I were to pedal all the time I would have taken my regular bike)
I was reading that you can inject grease, but that can cause the paws to get stuck - so you freewheel in both directions.
Is it possible to remove the freewheel completely and replace with a simpler, cheaper, but QUIET unit?
Thanks for any info about this..
Roy