Those two teeth make all the difference in the world to me when the grade is over 15% or so.
And he CAN use the hub, he CAN'T use 9-speed shifters with a 10-speed cassette.
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04-26-2010, 10:12 AM #1
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04-26-2010, 10:19 AM #2
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LOL, I always call my husband 'hubs'...there is not a new bike hub in the equation...sorry!
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04-26-2010, 11:58 PM #3
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You can put an 8, 9 or 10-speed cassette on the same hub (wheel). They're the same width. But to fit more sprockets on the same width, each sprocket gets narrower and the distance between them gets less as you go from 8 to 9 to 10. Therefore you will need a specific 8, 9 or 10 speed chain to fit the sprockets.
The rear derailleur doesn't care how many sprockets you have, it just moves as much as the shifter on the bars tells it to. The rear shifter, on your bars, does care. It's indexed to 8, 9 or 10, and if you want to swap your cassette to one with more sprockets you also have to swap your shifter.
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04-27-2010, 03:42 AM #4
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Very novice part swapping
Great advice everyone!
If indeed you make the swap, the one thing that could also pop up is the wear on the new cassette vs your chain. If either have a fair amount of wear on them, you could get skipping/poor shifting as a result. So, if you find this happens, it easy to fix with a new chain.
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