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I'm interested in lighter road wheels, a cheap way of achieving this is alloy freehubs (rather than the hallowed lovely £200 Dura Ace hub) but I am so cheap (I'm celtic, but at least not ginger) I use all steel cassettes.
Given the lesser torque on the freehub on a road bike (all other things being equal - less grinding up hills, higher gearing) is it likely to wreck the alloy? Or are campag freehubs cheaper per lightness?
Id be careful using steel individual cassettes on a shimano splined alloy hub; there is teh potential for teh steel to cut into and through the locating grooves / splines. Campag are , naturally :) a highly superior product.....the grooves and splines are deeper so likelihood of cutting through is less. If uou therefore opt to buy wheels with alloy hubs you are in a way committing to buying more expensive cassettes too :(. Ive found exactly same situation for my own wheels, and have ended up with upmarket Campag 10 speed cassettes with as many alloy carriers as possible (ie Record or the older now discontinued Chorus). These are unfortunately very expensive, although bargains can sometimes be had as 11 is becoming standard
Alternatively get steel freehubs, extra rotating weight minimal, AND if you`re using steel cassettes think of that extra weight there.
Summary -IMHO alloy freehubs need alloy carriers on cassettes = lots of cash
Ta JB I'm on 9s so not too pricey...
I find cassettes dig in just as badly on the road bike, but it's essentially just cosmetic, so I wouldn't let it worry you. If you're going Campag as above the ED10 splines are much deeper.
Also... You're buying new wheels, but you can probably save 100g + by changing to an Ultegra cassette, which for 9 speed can be had very cheaply. Win/win.
but you can probably save 100g + by changing to an Ultegra cassette, which for 9 speed can be had very cheaply
Where? I looked on CRC and they are £52 😮
105 cassette will have an alloy carrier the largest sprockets which do the most damage. A good cost/weight compromise over all steel one perhaps?
From another forum member:
the people that bitch and moan about the marks on the freehub are the exact same people that would limp wrist the lock ring, keep it tight and there's not really a problem.
QFT
Sorry GW I don't by that but I like your sentiment...QTF - WTF???
two questions..
Do you mean "buy"? 😕
What's supporting the 3 (or is it 4? it's been a while) smallest sprockets on an XT cassette?
as said, they're not my sentiments, but google "QFT" 😉
I did mean "buy" - a typo.
I know...but you see pretty horrific pics of gouged pro 2 freehub bodies, and you don't know what my thighs are capable of up the hill to the Haddington Monument on the Saturday chain gang!
Ah "quoted for truth"...I'll save other forum members' employers some bandwidth.
road cassettes wear very slowly don't they (unless you do cx) ? - even if it buggered the freehub totally & was non-removable at the end you'd get longish life out of both (if you rode as little as me)
(always assumed it was quite Fing true)
They can be had for <€40 at various German shops, not bad when you're thinking of new wheels.
Pfffft still pricey 😉
new 10spd 105 cassettes have chewed the crap out of my Hope Pro II free hub bodies on every set I have 🙁
Even if it is just cosmetic its not nice.
aw diddums 😥