7 speed cassette on 8/9 speed hub?
10-10-07, 11:14 AM
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7 speed cassette on 8/9 speed hub?
Can you mount a 7 speed hyperglide cassette on an 8/9 speed freehub?
I have a older road bike that came stock with 14 speed Shimano SIS and cheap wheels. I have broken several spokes on the rear wheel and am debating about rebuilding it or replacing it with a new wheel. I have a 7 speed freehub so I believe the frame spacing is 126mm OLD. The frame is a Raleigh technium frame (Al main tubes, steel fork and rear stays), so I think I would be OK installing a modern rear wheel with 130mm OLD.
What I don't know is if I can mount my old cassette on an 8/9 speed freehub, and if so do I need some kind of spacer?
I have a older road bike that came stock with 14 speed Shimano SIS and cheap wheels. I have broken several spokes on the rear wheel and am debating about rebuilding it or replacing it with a new wheel. I have a 7 speed freehub so I believe the frame spacing is 126mm OLD. The frame is a Raleigh technium frame (Al main tubes, steel fork and rear stays), so I think I would be OK installing a modern rear wheel with 130mm OLD.
What I don't know is if I can mount my old cassette on an 8/9 speed freehub, and if so do I need some kind of spacer?
10-10-07, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by sheldonbrown.com
7-speed cassettes fit fine on 8- and 9-speed (and some 10-speed) hubs if you put a 4.5 mm spacer onto the body before the cassette
10-10-07, 02:23 PM
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Meaning what? The modern road bike is 130mm, the MTB is 135. This has nothing to do with the freehub body dimension though. The 7 speed body was shorter than that now used for 8/9 speeds.
You can get a low end (Altus?) 7 speed hub spec'd as an 130 or 135mm.
You can get a low end (Altus?) 7 speed hub spec'd as an 130 or 135mm.
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