Mavic Cosmic free hub quieter than I'd like?

I'm not a fan of loud hubs.. my Hunt wheels have very loud hubs and everytime I freewheel it's like I'm being passive aggressive to the person in front.. sort of like a buzzy 'hurry up'.. 

They are useful for pedestrians however and I fine negate the requirement for a bell. 

Bump

A video you might find interesting: https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/video/freehubs-explained-everything-you-need-to-know-about-road-bike-freehubs

Heavily greasing pawls and ratchets is not a great idea as it can cause the pawls to stick and make them slower to engage.

A very light smear of grease on the ratchet ring to aid travel over the ratchet ramps and a small blob at each pawl's pivot point is all that's required.

In isolation, freehub noise output isn't a good or bad sign, so don't obsess over it unless something else is wrong.

It's the grease.  My LBS mech likes to use enough grease to make the bike stealthy.  Not for stealth's sake, but for the sake of wear and tear.

I have a cosmic freehub and it's MUCH louder that any of the others I have had. It is a few years old so may not be the same model as yours. I hate the noise, and when greased it gets quieter for a short period, but not long. 

It seems very unlikley the shop would have greased/serviced the freehub if you just asked them to fit a cassette, but it's possible. 

In my experience, it will get louder.

Each to their own, can't stand loud road hubs myself - apart from the actual noise and the 'look at me !!' element, it upsets the engineering part of my head. Useful on shared paths and tracks mind, especially early in the morning...

Hope and chris king - big on the angry bees, new xtr - silent (apparently)

I don't think hub loudness is linearly correlated to price