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12-10-22, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by VegasJen

Thanks. I just received a replacement for the broken wheel. It has an eight speed cassette, which I am 95% certain was the original configuration. I will mount the wheel tomorrow and see how it goes. I will report my results.

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Originally Posted by cxwrench

You could have just counted the cogs on the old wheel and/or counted the clicks in the shifter and saved everyone a bunch of time and you'd know for sure...but no. Why not?

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Originally Posted by VegasJen

Probably because the wheel that was on the bike when I bought it wasn't original?

The only logical conclusion here is that the OP (a) cannot, (b) does not want to, or (c) does not even know it is possible to remove the cassette from the wheel.

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