Originally Posted by
70sSanO
7 speed freehub with 135 spacing so it is setup with mountain bike OLD dropouts. You can re space your 7 speed cassette to 8 speed spacing. Both my mountain bikes are running 7 speed cassettes spaced to 8 with 8 speed trigger shifters.
Thanks; I'll have to take a closer look at this. Sheldon Brown's site lists the total depth of my IG 7-speed cassette as 32.4mm and the total depth of an 8-speed cassette as 35.4mm. I don't think I have an extra 3mm on the freehub body, but I'll check it again closer.