Kinda hard to find a 7 speed Campy freehub body these days. ;-)
Peter Jon White Peter White Cycles 24 Hall Rd. Hillsborough, NH 03244 603 478 0900 Phone 603 478 0902 Phax http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com
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> On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 05:47AM, ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> >There really isn't a way to do it by modifying the hub spacing, there
isn't
> >anything on a 9 speed rear to take out!
>
> Not true. I was going to stay out of this since I think it's really kinda
OT, but people seem to be interested and I've done quite a few conversions.
The first step is to switch out the 8/9-speed cassette body for a 7-speed
body. The 7-speed body with run 8 cogs spaced for 9-speed. Sometimes
you'll need a small spacer behind the cassette. This makes your OLD (over
locknut dimension) about 125mm. At this point you'll have a near dishless
wheel. Now there you go from here depends on how far you want to go. You
can get it down to about 122mm by switching out the non-drive cone and
locknut. Either way you get better dish in your wheel. The only downside is
that you get one less cog. IF someone wants to try this I think I have at
least one good 7-speed body around.
> enjoy,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> Been there, done that, and will do
> it again in Santa Barbara, Calif.
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