Quick Cassette question

tippgod

Hi All

i bought by mistake mavic wheels weih shimano hubs. My whole system is campagnolo.

I have a spare ten speed shimano block. Will a shimino cassete work ok with a campagnolo rear derailleur

thanks for the help

TinyExplosions

Short answer is no (not really).

You can get things such as the Shiftmate, but you're better off keeping properly compatible components together.

Alek

Aren't cogs spaced the same on shimano and campy cassettes ?

I believe there would be a problem when shifters and mechs are mixed, but cassettes should be interchangeable. Haven't tried it though.

[EDIT]

Ooops, not really: http://sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-spacing.html

Chips Lovell

Cassette won't fit on. They have different splines.

If you can't return the wheels, the best bet would be to buy a campag freehub body for the wheels and swap the Shimano one out.

bcmf

There is a seller on eBay selling ambrosio cassette Shimano splined (for Shimano freehub) and campag spacing. I use one and it works fine.
Can post the link later when I get home if no-one does it beforehand.

doozerie

From what I've read, 10-speed Shimano cassettes don't work (well) with 10-speed Campag drivetrains, and vice versa.

Another option for Campag cogs on Shimano splines (or vice versa) is here. But it'll almost certainly just be cheaper to simply swap the freehub body for a Campag one, they are usually interchangeable on Mavic wheels (whereas some wheels need to be re-dished if you swap freehub body).

Chips Lovell

10 speed spacing is not identical, but close enough that it's decently rideable.

I spent over year riding a Shimano groupset with a Campag cassette and had good shifting.

My other half borrowed wheels from me for the Nationals. She's on Shimano. Just put a 10 speed Campag cassette on and it was grand.

Haven't tried the other way around.

doozerie

The stuff I've read on this topic is exclusively anecdotal from what I recall, I don't think I've seen anything "official" on the ability to mix and match from different groupsets. Those anecdotes suggest that a campag 10sp cassette in a shimano 10sp drivetrain can work seemlessly, but a shimano 10sp cassette in a campag 10sp drivetrain will probably require some tweaking (i.e. it works but not as smoothly). I've never tried either myself though.

There are some very funky mixes beyond that, such as 11sp levers with 10sp drivetrain, 11sp cassette with 10sp drivetrain, etc., but that way madness lies!