Frankenbike, Cassette and Hub combo's.

[quixoticgeek]

I've got a spare pair of 700c wheels that I built onto a pair of shimano mountain bike hubs, I'm not sure the specific model, but I think they are Deore 8 speed hubs (cost about 25 quid a each a few years back).

Is there any reason why I shouldn't be able to fit the 10 speed block from a shimano Tiagra 4700 groupset? It's the 11-32 cassette if that makes any difference. Will this work, or am I being woefully optimistic ?

Thanks

J

[ElyDave]

Do you know if its the same width? I put 10sp road cassette on a tiagra 8sp hub no probs, but never tried road on MTB hub

[Brucey]

I think it ought to be fine.

cheers

[Torslanda]

Deore 8spd hub should be 135mm OLN - pretty much a given if it's a disc hub. 8 & 9 spd cassettes are the same width. 10 spd cassettes used to need a 0.5mm spacer to fit on such a hub. I haven't yet fitted or removed a 4700 so not sure if this still applies but your LBS should have some if you need one. HTH.

[quixoticgeek]

Well now I'm in the same place as the wheels, I've checked, the writing on the hub says: "FH-M525 VIA M". Does that change the answer at all?

Thanks

J

[Torslanda]

Nope.

[ElyDave]

Deore 8spd hub should be 135mm OLN - pretty much a given if it's a disc hub. 8 & 9 spd cassettes are the same width. 10 spd cassettes used to need a 0.5mm spacer to fit on such a hub. I haven't yet fitted or removed a 4700 so not sure if this still applies but your LBS should have some if you need one. HTH.

I found it depended on the hub and cassette combination - I had three cassettes and three wheels, some combinations were very tight on the lock ring others needed a spacer, despite supposedly being equal