That's another plus for the Onyx and Stealth hub types - consistency. Engagement comes on smoothly and always as soon as you start pedaling - growing to full torque the same way each time. You're never caught an indeterminate distance between pawls. The Hydra comes close to this with how it uses compliance in the ratchets to engage first one pawl, then another and another as torque grows.
May 18, 2023, 6:37 a.m. - jeffp
That's another plus for the Onyx and Stealth hub types - consistency. Engagement comes on smoothly and always as soon as you start pedaling - growing to full torque the same way each time. You're never caught an indeterminate distance between pawls. The Hydra comes close to this with how it uses compliance in the ratchets to engage first one pawl, then another and another as torque grows.