Shimano hubs

[Speed Devil]

A friend was given a set of wheels with a Shimano cassette on and he has Campy on his bike, and wants to know if it possible to put a Campy body on a hub that has a Shimano body on, or are hubs specifically designed for Shimano/Campy bodies?

[Sammajoor]

I think BBB make interchangeable cassettes, but I could be wrong

[greatwhite]

There are a few manufacturers who make 'shimano' style cassettes to fit on campy free hubs and vice versa. Most hub manufacturers make shimano and campy free wheel mechanisms to fit on their hubs - just take one the shimano one off and put a campy one on. Notably hubs made by shimano hubs don't have a campag option, but some hubs made by campag do have an option to use shimano in the form a Fulcrum shimano freewheel mech (Fulcrum is owned by campag and as such use a lot of the same parts - notably incl freewheels)

[GoLefty!!]

if the wheels that were given are 10speed Shimano wheels and the guys bike is 10speed Campagripoff, then he can simply fit the wheels, clip in and go ride.

 

KJustmake sure the cassette is not badly worn.

 

If it's 9speed or less there is a problem...