On 28-Jul-2004, "Pete Biggs" <pblackcherry{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:
> Whoops, sorry, SRAM 8sp cassettes are 4.8mm (only SRAM freewheels are
> 5.0).
Well spotted, Pete. I hadn't realised the freewheels and the cassetes were
differently spaced. Why do you reckon SRAM would have done that? Maybe
their freehub body isn't long enough to accommodate 5.0mm. (Or, looking at
it the other way round, if they think 4.8 is the standard, why not make the
freewheel 4.8) I suspect they inherited the two systems from two different
places.
> Probably close enough to work though,
The 1.4mm difference across the sprockets will have a minor affect on the
performance of the shifting but I'm not sure it will be noticable. You
could try re-spacing as Pete suggests but (ref my comment above) I don't
know if the freehub body would be long enough to allow the lockring to
engage.
Ian