Wheels with 7-speed axles/freehubs

[snowmole]

Hi all,
is anyone making road/touring wheels with Shimano freehubs sufficiently narrow for 7-speed cassettes? About 126mm Over Locking Nuts is 6-speed, so 130mm-ish? I imagine most wheels are made with 8/9/10 speed hubs these days.
Cheers,
snowmole

 

[mattsccm]

Chances are that vyour dropouts are 130mm.
Equally just bunging on a 7 speed free hub will work on a 8 speed rim. it works the opposite way for me.
I have a selection of good 7 speed free hubs if you want to swap for an 8

 

[foz]

so long as the splines are compatible, you can just put a 7s cassette on a wider freehub body, using a spacer so there's no slack.

 

[snowmole]

Hi,
I've since discovered that a lot of freehubs are indeed 130mm OLN.
My forks are 126mm, which is why I asked to see how much I had to spring them to fit 7-speed.

 

[bm0p700f]

4mm? If its steel you should be able to spread them without miss aligning the frame.

 

[David B]

4mm? If its steel you should be able to spread them without miss aligning the frame.

Possibly not a good idea with Reynolds 753, most other steels should manage it without any real bother.

David

 

[bm0p700f]

How did you know its Renoylds 753 I can't find that in the thread?

 

[David B]

How did you know its Renoylds 753 I can't find that in the thread?

I just threw it in as a pointer in case the frame in question was 753. Pretty much anything else and you should be fine - been there and done that with a Raleigh frameset using 501 tubing.

David