Ahhhhhhhh, look at that little baby rotor, it's soooooo cute.
Yep - that's the whooshing sound of a Rohloff Speedhub!
Great gear system though...
Match them with a Gates belt and BaFang 750W mid-drive and they are matchless.
You can hear it, it's going uphill. Gears 1-7 do sound like this, 8 and up are silent. Characteristic of a "geradverzahnter Primärtrieb", don't know the englisch expression for it, sorry.
Mine is the same and it's brand new. I'm running mine on a recumbent trike and the sound is amplified through the frame I think.
Hmmm... sounds like the cranks are noisier than the hub?
crazy
noisy
Mine is noisy in the 1st to 7th gear. This is due to the last reduction sage which is engaged in the first 7 gears. The noise should become less after first few 1000 km