What currently-available wheelsets are compatible with Shimano 8-speed?
#1
Hanging On
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 872
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
What currently-available wheelsets are compatible with Shimano 8-speed?
I would like to get an aero wheelset for my bike, which is equipped with Dura Ace 8-speed. I have been holding off because the 8-speed stuff is long gone. Lately I've heard that certain Mavic wheelsets are compatible with 8-speed. Do any of you know details of this? What about other wheelsets?
Thanks in advance.
-soma5
Thanks in advance.
-soma5
#2
Mad bike riding scientist
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 27,274
Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones
Mentioned: 150 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6147 Post(s)
Liked 4,093 Times
in
2,325 Posts
I would like to get an aero wheelset for my bike, which is equipped with Dura Ace 8-speed. I have been holding off because the 8-speed stuff is long gone. Lately I've heard that certain Mavic wheelsets are compatible with 8-speed. Do any of you know details of this? What about other wheelsets?
Thanks in advance.
-soma5
Thanks in advance.
-soma5
__________________
Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 9,438
Bikes: Trek 5500, Colnago C-50
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
6 Posts
Generally, 8, 9, and 10-speed Shimano compatible hubs are designed to accept 8, 9, or 10-speed Shimano and Shimano compatible cassettes. 10-speed Shimano cassettes require a spacer on the back because 10-speed cassettes are narrower than 8 or 9-s. Those spacers are included with new Shimano cassettes. Some MAVIC hubs require a MAVIC spacer be used with Shimano cassettes because MAVIC cassettes are wider than Shimano's. Those spacers are included with those MAVIC hubs.
Al
Al
#6
use your best eye
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Olympia, Washington
Posts: 3,050
Bikes: '75 Bertin, '93 Parkpre Team 925, '04 Kona King Kikapu, '05 Bianchi Vigorelli
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Generally, 8, 9, and 10-speed Shimano compatible hubs are designed to accept 8, 9, or 10-speed Shimano and Shimano compatible cassettes. 10-speed Shimano cassettes require a spacer on the back because 10-speed cassettes are narrower than 8 or 9-s. Those spacers are included with new Shimano cassettes. Some MAVIC hubs require a MAVIC spacer be used with Shimano cassettes because MAVIC cassettes are wider than Shimano's. Those spacers are included with those MAVIC hubs.
Al
Al
__________________
"I tell you, We are here on earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different." - Kurt Vonnegut jr.
"I tell you, We are here on earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different." - Kurt Vonnegut jr.
#7
Hanging On
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 872
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
-soma5
#8
L-I-V-I-N
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Stafford, OR
Posts: 4,801
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
I have an 8-speed cassette on a pair of '05 Mavic Cosmos that were listed 9/10 speed. Has a thin spacer that, I believe, is because it's a Mavic hub...not because it's an 8-speed cassette (like Al stated). I also ran some Race X Lite Areos on that 8-speed set-up for awhile (with no spacer).
__________________
"The older you do get, the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin', man, L-I-V-I-N." - Wooderson
'14 carbon Synapse - '12 CAAD 10 5 - '99 Gary Fisher Big Sur
"The older you do get, the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin', man, L-I-V-I-N." - Wooderson
'14 carbon Synapse - '12 CAAD 10 5 - '99 Gary Fisher Big Sur