Upgrading 10 speed wheel to fit an 11 speed cassette

pprendeville · 04-11-2017 04:44PM #1

Looking to upgrade to Ultegra 6800 seeing as prices are so good. Need to change the free hub on my wheels as mine are not Mavic (read wide). Is there a generic free hub that I can get to fit an 11 speed cassette?

Eamonnator · 04-11-2017 05:00PM

No.
Every hub has a specific free hub.
There are some exceptions: Fulcrum and Campagnolo are pretty much interchangeable.
What wheels have you got?
off topic: CRC have good prices on Ultegra group sets.

pprendeville · 04-11-2017 11:37PM

Eamonnator wrote: »

No.
Every hub has a specific free hub.
There are some exceptions: Fulcrum and Campagnolo are pretty much interchangeable.
What wheels have you got?
off topic: CRC have good prices on Ultegra group sets.

Built both myself. One is DT Swiss hoops with Ultegra 6700 hubs while the other are Kinlin hoops and Novatec hubs. Guess I could just replace freehub with anUltegra 6800 one which is €23 on Wighle.

letape · 05-11-2017 01:17AM

pprendeville wrote: »

Built both myself. One is DT Swiss hoops with Ultegra 6700 hubs while the other are Kinlin hoops and Novatec hubs. Guess I could just replace freehub with anUltegra 6800 one which is €23 on Wighle.

The 6800 freehub won't fit either of the hubs you have. Rear 6700 hubs cannot be upgraded to 11 speed; not sure about the Novatec rear hub.

Eamonnator · 05-11-2017 09:49AM

SOME Novatec 10 speed hubs will accept an 11 speed free hub.

pprendeville · 05-11-2017 03:19PM

Might just sell the DT Swiss Wheelset so and look into the Novatec taking 11 speed. Thanks.

Upgrading 10 speed wheel to fit an 11 speed cassette

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