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Quick 7 speed / 8speed question.
The winter months are doing their damndest to break my audax/winter
bike so I'm thinking of upgrading it and lobbing all the old bits on a winter hack frame, This will probably involve changing to 8 speed with new wheels/shifters etc as 7 speed is becoming rare is rocking horse manure. Before I start losing several pairs of shifters on ebay; will a new 8 speed wheel fit the frame? |
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Quick 7 speed / 8speed question.
MartinM wrote: The winter months are doing their damndest to break my audax/winter bike so I'm thinking of upgrading it and lobbing all the old bits on a winter hack frame, This will probably involve changing to 8 speed with new wheels/shifters etc as 7 speed is becoming rare is rocking horse manure. Before I start losing several pairs of shifters on ebay; will a new 8 speed wheel fit the frame? Dunno about Campag but Shimano 8 speed is wider than 7 speed. However you could do the old 8 from 9 on 7 trick and use modern 9 speed stuff to get 8 speeds with a wheel and frame designed for 7. Sheldon Brown will tell you how to do it. I have done this on my tourer but I am think about going to 7 speed as it lasts much longer and IME is easier to set up. |
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Quick 7 speed / 8speed question.
MSeries wrote: MartinM wrote: The winter months are doing their damndest to break my audax/winter bike so I'm thinking of upgrading it and lobbing all the old bits on a winter hack frame, This will probably involve changing to 8 speed with new wheels/shifters etc as 7 speed is becoming rare is rocking horse manure. Before I start losing several pairs of shifters on ebay; will a new 8 speed wheel fit the frame? Dunno about Campag but Shimano 8 speed is wider than 7 speed. However you could do the old 8 from 9 on 7 trick and use modern 9 speed stuff to get 8 speeds with a wheel and frame designed for 7. Sheldon Brown will tell you how to do it. I have done this on my tourer but I am think about going to 7 speed as it lasts much longer and IME is easier to set up. The frame's only 4 years old so in theory should take 8. Agree about 7 speed being easier to set up; had no end of probs with my 8 speed Rx100 until I put a bigger cassette on, whereas the 7 speed RSX is easy as pie to set up. I've currently got a bid in on some 7 RSX's which will no doubt go for more than my bid. I can't find non-sora STI's with less than 9 speed new, plus I don't like new Shimano with its chunky levers and plastic bodies, even Ultegra which I used on holiday seems very cheap n nasty (and no I'm not going over to Campag as my thumbs are on the side of my hands!) |
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Quick 7 speed / 8speed question.
"MartinM" wrote in message oups.com... The winter months are doing their damndest to break my audax/winter bike so I'm thinking of upgrading it and lobbing all the old bits on a winter hack frame, This will probably involve changing to 8 speed with new wheels/shifters etc as 7 speed is becoming rare is rocking horse manure. Before I start losing several pairs of shifters on ebay; will a new 8 speed wheel fit the frame? It's a while since I did it as I now shuttle between 8 and 9 speed. However the difference between 7 and 8 is small and I never found any difficulty in using frames spaced for 7 with an 8. It might be a bit of a snug fit but the stays bend enough to accommodate the extra width in my experience. |
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Quick 7 speed / 8speed question.
mikesbikes wrote: "MartinM" wrote in message oups.com... The winter months are doing their damndest to break my audax/winter bike so I'm thinking of upgrading it and lobbing all the old bits on a winter hack frame, This will probably involve changing to 8 speed with new wheels/shifters etc as 7 speed is becoming rare is rocking horse manure. Before I start losing several pairs of shifters on ebay; will a new 8 speed wheel fit the frame? It's a while since I did it as I now shuttle between 8 and 9 speed. However the difference between 7 and 8 is small and I never found any difficulty in using frames spaced for 7 with an 8. It might be a bit of a snug fit but the stays bend enough to accommodate the extra width in my experience. thanks, although looking at what's available even 8 spd is gonna be hard to come by without resorting to (spits) Sora for changers. And as for getting a new 7 spd rear wheel! I shall experiment with swapping wheels between bikes. |
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