awsome, for a bit there i thought i was thinking crazy thoughts, now i feel allot better. i'm busy putting myself togther a frankenstein commuter bike. its a road bike (bianchi steel frame) but i wanted to use the rear cassette, rear dir, chain and rapidfire shifter from a mountain bike with a set of road wheels. with such a wide rear cassette i can get rid of the front dir altogether.
so i can i just assume, that across the board a shimano 9sp hubs and cassettes are all compatable?
other questions:
will the new shimano chain work with the existing campy front chainring?
what about dir mounting? on brief inspection they look the same, will i have compatability issues swapping the existing campy record for a shimano?
THANKS!!