Originally posted by WorldIRC
lol all this to put an old freehub on a new 9 speed hub.
You should have seen me a little over a year ago. I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out all this freewheel/freehub stuff, which one I had, what would be compatible, how much would I have to change to upgrade, etc., etc.. I got a real education in a relatively short time, primarily from Sheldon's articles and help here at BF. Once you get it figured out, it's all pretty darned simple.
Don't forget, you can just slap a 9sp cassette on that wheel and use it with your shifters in friction mode. I did that on my 6sp Bianchi for a while before I saved the nickels for STI and new ders. It worked great. Your old der SHOULD have enough range to handle it, my 105 did. Now you will have to put on a new der when you go to STI because the shifters don't move the older rear der quite enough.