Hi all,

I was here a while back concerning issues about replacing my 7-speed cassette. I did do the replacement, tho not as I hoped I'd be able to Anyway.......

I've been riding on the new gears and have been experiencing what feels like chain slip (feel it in the pedals) on the cassette, specifically when I am climbing (not very steep uphills, tho).

It seems to be only in top (7th) gear, which is 11T. I checked (and readjusted) the derailleur and found that the top gear limit stop screw was out of adjustment. Thought that'd take care of it, but did not. I'm planning to pull the cassette and see if the slippage is being caused by some issue (like the 11T gear slipping because it's not well seated on the hub?) between the cassette/gear 7 and the freehub...which brings up my question....

My bike is a 1999 Specialized Hardrock. It has what appears to be a Shimano Compact freehub (slightly different outside end design than other hubs) which is supposed to allow it to work with 11T top gears. The cassette I put on is a low end CS-HG30-7, 11-28 (had a CSHG-60-7). The chain was replaced, as well (SRAM PC-870, 8-speed).

I thought this cassette would work with my hub. Am I wrong? Any suggestions or things I might look at?

Thanks in advance....Steph