Ceramic bearings

[trickywoo]

I've got an Easton branded rear hub on my road bike which makes what I think is an unusually large amount of noise on the free wheel. Its 500 miles old and has done it from new.

Would ceramic bearings be silent - if so whats the best way to fit (on a budget). Don't really want to be rebuilding the wheel onto an entirely new hub if at all possible.

The odd thing is I have a cheapo SRAM hub on another bike and its much smoother / quieter.

[Parsnip]

If you can hear your bearings something is ultra wrong, bearings - ceramic or steel - should be almost silent.

If you mean your freehub is loud (i think this is what you mean by on the free wheel?) as in the clicking noise it makes when you aren't pedalling then there is nothing unusual, some hubs are louder than others - my ultegra hubs are almost silent, my felt TTR wheels sound like an angry chainsaw.

It is possible to pack a load of grease in there to deaden the sound a bit, but tbh, i would leave it alone - i love the sound if im honest

[blade runner]

Ceramic bearings won't make any difference - it's the pawls in the free-wheel mechanism making the noise not the bearings. Some free-hubs are quiet while others are noisy (my Spinergy training wheels are almost silent but my Easton carbon race wheels which were much more expensive are noisy. You can open up the free-hub and grease everything inside and they should quieten down a bit, but some makes are just noisier than others I'm afraid...

[trickywoo]

Thanks chaps.

'tis only on the free wheel and lets pedestrains know you are coming so not all bad.........

[LRdriver II]

Besides, Ceramic bearings and budget dont usually fit in the same sentence..