Love a noisy freehub! 
our club rides are pretty similar, lots of waxing advocates, I like the cleanliness of it but not much else
Noise is a form of energy escaping.
Why not convert that to movement?
Instead of wasted energy?
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'cos most silent freehubs just lose the energy as heat instead, it’s not delivering movement.
The real way to stop noisy freehubs is ride faster so they don’t get to freewheel surely…
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Tried that, I just get knackered 
I’ve also tried peeling off to the right and allowing them through, they don’t seem that keen.
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I was on a training camp in Lanza and one of the guys had the nosiest hub I have ever heard. Was so loud people on Tenerife were moaning about it.
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Not sure if this is of any interest. I’ve never seen one done before.
The short story is if you ride in the dry yes
More work required if they get wet
Utter ball ache in the winter.
The grime of our roads strips the wax off within an hour or two, you are then left with a noisy drivetrain for the next two hours.
Plus rust. And faff.
Deffo a PITA.
For dry, totally with it 
I’ve said it a few times in this thread. Try Putoline.
For that 2-Stroke smell 
Not sure how that’s gonna help my chain 
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I love the smell of two stroke in the morning
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That used to be the method for moto chains back in the day but I can’t remember the brand. The the likes of D.I.D. hit the market with their O ring chains and that was pretty much the end of it.
Yeah its actually for motox chains. Alot of the MTB boys use it though, hence why I dropped in the singletrackworld link in there too.
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There must be a load of drag in an O ring & the later X ring chains, I did wonder when I started waxing chains if there could have been a power bump waxing a std chain for back when I was racing the steelie.
wrt Putoline…
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Is it clean to the touch like plain paraffin wax when applied?
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Are you heating up to similar temperatures - 90-95degC - as paraffin wax in a slow cooker ?
Cheers.
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No, but not in a way oil is. Its still wax. You can just wipe if off your hands. This is somewhat dependent on how heavy you ‘apply’ it. By this I mean at what temperature/wax consistency you remove the chain.
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I use a DFF but thats because its all I had to hand. Slow cooker works better.
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“ disadvantages – the wax itself is sticky black stuff and stains clothes Its a smelly faff to apply, you need to take the chain off”
It’s a no from me 
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Are you wearing your best white t shirt when doing bike maintenance? Oil stains clothes. Also I haven’t had an issue of it staining clothes TBH. Sticky means it stays on the chain. Smells like steam engines when in the DFF.
He’s probably wearing some Kappa x Kanye West x Gordon the Gopher special edition hoody or something. 
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