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8spd cogs on 9spd campy freehub?  

post #1 of 3
1/23/03 at 4:23am
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Can I run an 8spd cogset on a 9spd-era Campagnolo freehub? Any gotchas?

Morgan
post #2 of 3
1/23/03 at 4:37am

Re: 8spd cogs on 9spd campy freehub?

"Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org> wrote in message news:jzsfzrkabp0.fsf@bolt.sonic.net...
> Can I run an 8spd cogset on a 9spd-era Campagnolo freehub?

Sure can. The 8 speed cogs slide right on.

> Any gotchas?

You bet there are. Because the 8 speed cogs are designed to go on a steel freehub, the splines
aren't nearly as deep as the 9 speed ones, so when you pedal hard, they'll turn and dig in to the
aluminium. Makes it difficult to get them off, and pretty much stuffs the freehub.

Regards,

Suzy

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post #3 of 3
1/23/03 at 11:17am

Re: 8spd cogs on 9spd campy freehub?

morgan-<< Can I run an 8spd cogset on a 9spd-era Campagnolo freehub? Any gotchas?

Alstho they will lide on, the steel cogs don't grab a lot of metal of the aluminum freehub, not a
good idea. I would get loose 9s cogs and space to 8s with either black Campagnolo 8s spacers or red
Wheels spacers.

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