Chris King hub noise?

Jim Murphy 69

I acquired a set of wheels last week from a well known wheel builder from the UK with Chris King hubs, Open Pro rims and DT Swiss DB spokes/SG on drive side rear. They were 50 euro short of a grand. 32 spoke front and rear and in my opinion the best training wheels I could find on my very open minded budget.

I had gone on 3 rides with the wheels before riding with the club to get used to them and in particular the noise it makes. The ratchet free-wheel makes a "buzzing" sort of noise and it takes some getting used to. Using them for the first time with the club everyone kept asking me "What is wrong with your bike, it's making a funny noise?"

It appeared to cause trouble for people behind me as the noise "appeared" to resemble a braking noise while riders behind kept launching on the brakes. It caused me a lot of hassle and I will never ride them again within a group, it was simply dangerous.

Fantastic hubs with the fastest engagement I have ever encountered but dangerous in a group to people that do not know what the noise is. Nice wheels for a solo ride however! Shame, can't show off my new CK's any more!

Laundry_Hamper

There is a reason the Chris King website features this page.

http://chrisking.com/ringtone

C3PO

One of the lads recently built up a set of wheels with Chris King hubs and they definitely make a very distinctive sound but not an alarming one in my opinion! I think they sound great and a whole lot less "agricultural" than my Hope hubs!!

colm_gti

I'd love to know what your good wheels are if they're your training wheels!

GTDolanator

Thinly veiled ''i have fancy wheels thread''

Idleater

Jim Murphy 69 wrote: »

Fantastic hubs with the fastest engagement I have ever encountered but dangerous in a group to people that do not know what the noise is. Nice wheels for a solo ride however! Shame, can't show off my new CK's any more!

I wouldn't let the few comments put you off. I was chatting to you about them and while the noise isn't "normal" it certainly isn't dangerous. The club needs more people with nice wheels out :-)

vigorelli

Jim Murphy 69 wrote: »

I acquired a set of wheels last week from a well known wheel builder from the UK with Chris King hubs, Open Pro rims and DT Swiss DB spokes/SG on drive side rear. They were 50 euro short of a grand. 32 spoke front and rear and in my opinion the best training wheels I could find on my very open minded budget.

I had gone on 3 rides with the wheels before riding with the club to get used to them and in particular the noise it makes. The ratchet free-wheel makes a "buzzing" sort of noise and it takes some getting used to. Using them for the first time with the club everyone kept asking me "What is wrong with your bike, it's making a funny noise?"

It appeared to cause trouble for people behind me as the noise "appeared" to resemble a braking noise while riders behind kept launching on the brakes. It caused me a lot of hassle and I will never ride them again within a group, it was simply dangerous.

Fantastic hubs with the fastest engagement I have ever encountered but dangerous in a group to people that do not know what the noise is. Nice wheels for a solo ride however! Shame, can't show off my new CK's any more!

Nice wheels! Are yours classics or the R45 model? I got a pair of R45 hubs recently and I don't find them noisy at all. Did a few races on them and plenty of group riding.

Jim Murphy 69

They are classic hubs, the reason I didn't get R45 hubs was because I have another set of CK hubs on another bike and they are classics. If I were to get R45's I would need to purchase another tool costing over 200 euros. The classics also have a 72 teeth engagement instead of the R45's 45 (obvious) and also has a steel ratchet system instead of titanium. The R45's are great but I didn't want a low spoke wheel so the classics were the obvious choice.

I have somewhere in the region of 20 wheel sets (trying not to show off here). Dura Ace 7700's, 7800's, 7900's, PMP, Royce, 9+10sp chorus and record, CK's, DT 240's and 190's plus a few others. PMP hubs are my fave just to say.

I went for a spin again on Saturday with the club and I was told to not bring that "bike" on a spin again. That was what made me write this thread, kind of frustrated me to be honest.

Mycroft H

Jim Murphy 69 wrote: »

I went for a spin again on Saturday with the club and I was told to not bring that "bike" on a spin again. That was what made me write this thread, kind of frustrated me to be honest.

Hahaha. I'd find a new club :pac:

Raam

Are they really that bad? I recently cycled with a chap who had a loud Hope hub. It was noisy but nothing that bothersome.

colm_gti

Jim Murphy 69 wrote: »

I have somewhere in the region of 20 wheel sets (trying not to show off here). Dura Ace 7700's, 7800's, 7900's, PMP, Royce, 9+10sp chorus and record, CK's, DT 240's and 190's plus a few others. PMP hubs are my fave just to say.

You can't make a comment like this and not supply a family pic, should rival the tax mans, Raams and Beasty's offerings!

I like noisy hubs, they remind me to keep pedaling!

Raam

At a quick count... I only have 16 wheel-sets and 3 singles in my house. I feel poor.

colm_gti

Raam wrote: »

At a quick count... I only have 16 wheel-sets and 3 singles in my house. I feel poor.

Pfft, on yer bike!

mirv

There's a fix for the noise - stop coasting, go to the front! Alternatively, donate the said wheels to me, please.

Chips Lovell

Chris King hubs are meant to be noisy.

I've no idea what those people have a problem with.

Redmond101

is this a club that is aimed at racing, or sportives, would assume it to be the latter

Idleater

Redmond101 wrote: »

is this a club that is aimed at racing, or sportives, would assume it to be the latter

It's our club, ¬_¬

I'll have a word with the committee

Jim Murphy 69

I don't mean to cause hassle to anyone but I wanted to get used to the saddle on that bike so I am trying to get as many miles on it as possible. I guess I just got a little frustrated having to bring another bike along last weekend when I wanted to use the bike with the CK hubs. They apparently take a while to break-in so they are extra noisy when new also. I don't want to cause any fuss for anyone just to say.

CramCycle

They are noisy so people know how expensive they are. Why would you spend that much money on quiet wheels, no one would know that they are expensive unless they make noise.

Redmond101

Idleater wrote: »

It's our club, ¬_¬

I'll have a word with the committee

Tut tut

Idleater

Redmond101 wrote: »

Tut tut

What you reckon, we make him give the wheels to me and force him to buy extralites/cosmic slr's?
That way I could determine whether the groups don't like him or his wheels.