Originally Posted by
Dfrost
When sources for Campagnolo 8-speed Exa-Drive cassettes of wider range dried up for my wife’s Record/Chorus-equipped custom Erickson, I switched it to Shimano Ultegra hubs and cogs with a Wheels Mfg conversion kit. And what’s worse, the much less expensive Shimano cogs lasted significantly longer, shifting was the same, and no difference in hub smoothness compared to the previous Record hubs. That frame now hangs in the overhead gallery at Recycled Cycles, and I have no photos of that detail to prove this heresy.
That's alright. We're willing to believe that you're a heretic.
Don't your current bikes have a very similar setup?