On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:21:59 GMT, "Per Elmsäter" <
[email protected]> may have said:
>scott wrote:
>> Techtards:
>>
>> I have a 1995-era Shimano Dura-Ace rear hub which was originally 8-speed. I would like to use it
>> as a commute wheel on my 2003 Serotta, which has Shimano 9-speed shifters. Can I simply buy a
>> 9-speed cassette for the hub?
>>
>> Thanks in advance. Scott
>
>I did and it worked just fine. My LBS had a slight problem with getting the cassette ( SRAM) on
>without wobbling. It was of course the cassette that wobbled, not the LBS
Anyhow he solved
>this by mounting a thin shims first. I still haven't figured out what this had to do with going
>from eight to ninespeed though. Unless of course a ninespeed cassette builds thinner than an
>eight speed.
Here's a possible explanation:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
Skip down to the part on Hyperdrive-C; the early hubs were a bit different from the later ones.
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