Originally Posted by sydney
Well HFC, no wonder it works. The cog spacing on that 7 speed freewheel is the came as campy 8 speed cog spacing. campy 7 and 8 spacing is 5mm. Shimano 7 is 5mm and 8 is 4.8mm. That doesn't even get into the differences in cable pull/derailer throw issues between different systems.... If you didn't notice, his question threw the shimano RD into the mix too .....
You know, I
almost posted that I agreed with you with regards to mixing brands in my initial post. Now I wish I had, just 'cause it would have shut you up.
FWIW, I'm sure everybody,epecially n00bs have read and remembered every post of everyones and what they are runnning...
You've called me on it before, when I made statements based on the facts presented, and wasn't aware, like you were, that the original poster had previously posted other pertinent information in another post. I guess it's ok for you to do it, but not me. Glad to know it.