8 speed cassette fits on 9 speed hub just fine?

I just got new a new 9 speed hub on the new wheel I bought. I was expecting my previous 8 speed
Shimano Hyperglide cassette to need a spacer since it was only 8 speed, but it didn't. It seems to
fit fine without the spacer?

 

bicyclette <[email protected]> wrote in news:c0re3n$as8$1
@ausnews.austin.ibm.com:
> I just got new a new 9 speed hub on the new wheel I bought. I was expecting my previous 8 speed
> Shimano Hyperglide cassette to need a spacer since it was only 8 speed, but it didn't. It seems to
> fit fine without the spacer?

Yes.

 

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:02:47 -0500, bicyclette <[email protected]> may
have said:

>I just got new a new 9 speed hub on the new wheel I bought. I was expecting my previous 8 speed
>Shimano Hyperglide cassette to need a spacer since it was only 8 speed, but it didn't. It seems to
>fit fine without the spacer?

Yup.

7s needs a spacer.

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bicyclette <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I just got new a new 9 speed hub on the new wheel I bought. I was expecting my previous 8 speed
> Shimano Hyperglide cassette to need a spacer since it was only 8 speed, but it didn't. It seems to
> fit fine without the spacer?

Yes, 8- and 9-speed Shimano cassette bodies are the same width. See
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/k7.html#bodies

Jeff

 

bicyclette wrote:

> I just got new a new 9 speed hub on the new wheel I bought. I was expecting my previous 8 speed
> Shimano Hyperglide cassette to need a spacer since it was only 8 speed, but it didn't. It seems to
> fit fine without the spacer?
>
Correct. Shimano's system uses the same cassette body for both 8 and 9. Six, seven and ten are the
other three types.

In Campagnolo hubs, eight is a different cassette body from the current 9/10 model.

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eddie-<< I just got new a new 9 speed hub on the new wheel I bought. I was expecting my previous 8
speed Shimano Hyperglide cassette to need a spacer since it was only 8 speed, but it didn't. It
seems to fit fine without the spacer? >><BR><BR>

Yep, the 'stack' of 8s and 9s are about the same, with the spacers of the 9s being thinner.

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