Guest Big H Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Can you fit a 10 speed cassette to a Shimano 8/9 freehub body. I want to purchase a Shimano XT Wide Flange Tandem hub and it has a 8/9 speed freehub that takes the Hyperglide cassette. Can I later fit a 10 speed cassette to this ??????
Speed Devil Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 If it is an 8 spd body you will be able to fit a 9 spd cassette. Similarily you can fit a 10 spd cassette on a 9 spd body, but you can't fit a 10 spd cassette on an 8 spd body.
turtlek Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Speed devil sorry to break this to you but i am curently riding an 8 speed dura ace hub on the rear and have no issues riding with a ten speed cassette all you need are two spacers on the freehub before the cassette
turtlek Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 And I say thanx ...... again!!!!!    cool anytime hehehe    P.S. Are you bored?????
Speed Devil Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Speed devil sorry to break this to you but i am curently riding an 8 speed dura ace hub on the rear and have no issues riding with a ten speed cassette all you need are two spacers on the freehub before the cassette  Sorry Turtlek That is what I was told by my LBS. I also had an 8spd a few years ago which I upgraded to 9spd. When I went 10spd my LBS said I had to change bodies.In the end I just bought new wheels, so I never really did the whole 8 to 9 to10spd conversion.It just goes to show how unscrupulous the LBS' are. They would rather sell a new body instead of a spacer
turtlek Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Speed devil sorry to break this to you but i am curently riding an 8 speed dura ace hub on the rear and have no issues riding with a ten speed cassette all you need are two spacers on the freehub before the cassette  ? Sorry Turtlek ? That is what I was told by my LBS. I also had an 8spd a few years ago which I upgraded to 9spd. When I went 10spd my LBS said I had to change bodies. In the end I just bought new wheels' date=' so I never really did the whole 8 to 9 to10spd conversion. It just goes to show how unscrupulous the LBS' are. They would rather sell a new body instead of a spacer[/quote']    yup the worst part is that the spacers come free with your cassette so they really are sharks some of them!!!
Guest Agteros Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009  yup the worst part is that the spacers come free with your cassette so they really are sharks some of them!!! SOME? Â
turtlek Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Â yup the worst part is that the spacers come free with your cassette so they really are sharks some of them!!!SOME? Â Â Â Agteros i am inclined to think i was being diplomatic there
Guest Agteros Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009   yup the worst part is that the spacers come free with your cassette so they really are sharks some of them!!!SOME?    Agteros i am inclined to think i was being diplomatic there  Very Well Done Then ! ! !
Guest Big H Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 I ordered my Tandem wheelset I based this question on from St John Cycles in England. The Hubs are Shimano XT Tandem 40 hole hubs with Sun Ringle Rhyno rims. Not the lightest wheelset available but fairly bombproof. One day later in the far and distant future we will upgrade the tandem to 10 speed, same as his Raleigh T6000 brother in RSA.
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