Originally Posted by
Paul Y.
Reading over one of patentcads latest threads, it looks like most of you guys switch out cassettes quite frequently. I do quite a bit on my bike, is it that easy to do. I run a 7800 12-27 but would like to go to a 11-25 sometimes.
I personally don't swap cassettes much, if at all.
Having said that, if you have Mavic wheels, which are pretty common OEM wheels, you can buy a spare freehub body and just swap the entire cassette (along with freehub body) without actually taking the cassette off the freehub; all you need is 2 allen wrenches so it's even faster than using a chainwhip and lockring tool.
I would probably do this if I had a Campy equipped bike as well as a Shimano/SRAM bike and wanted to cross-mix wheelsets.