Hub/cassete compatability query

[BridlewayBimbler]

Evening all. I'm.pretty sure the answer is 'yes' but I just wanted to check whether an 11/12 speed Shimano HG freehub would work with a 9 speed cassete?

Thanks

[fatbikephil]

Yup!

[BridlewayBimbler]

Yup!

Cheers, Phil

[Bearlegged]

Shimano 12 speed isn't HG, it uses the Microspline pattern.

8/9/10/11 Shimano MTB all uses the same freehub, road is a bit different*.

*Awkward

[BridlewayBimbler]

Shimano 12 speed isn't HG, it uses the Microspline pattern.

8/9/10/11 Shimano MTB all uses the same freehub, road is a bit different*.

*Awkward

Thanks. The wheelset I was looking at stated came with HG freehubs, and also some SRAM XD's?

[PaulE]

HG is the 8-11 speed, the 12 speed is called microspline.

[Lazarus]

Hg will take 12 speed just not a shimano 12 speed casette # more effing standards no one asked for

I have 12 speed on an hope pro 2 for example and that is from 9 speed days

Road.casetted and frehubs are a bit wider (1.> mm iirc) so you need a spacer for a mtb casette on road wheels and a road wont go on * to mtb freewheels

* technically you can remove material from the rrear of a road casette with a lathe or some such

[Alpinum]

Shimano 12 speed isn't HG, it uses the Microspline pattern.

8/9/10/11 Shimano MTB all uses the same freehub, road is a bit different*.

*Awkward

Thanks. The wheelset I was looking at stated came with HG freehubs, and also some SRAM XD's?

SRAM XD is nothing for Shimano cassette users.
It's for SRAM's Eagle and Transmission cassettes. Clear?

[Alpinum]

Oh... and there's SRAM XD and XD road...
At least they're trying. I just wonder what

[PaulB2]

Then there’s the prototype SRAM and Shimano 13 speeds that have been seen from afar on pro bikes. I wonder if they have to use different free hubs. I think EKAR uses the normal Campy freehub

[Hyppy]

I think EKAR uses the normal Campy freehub

Kinda: Ekar uses N3W, which is backwards compatible, but you can't fit Ekar cassettes on an older Campag freehub.

[PaulE]

Hg will take 12 speed just not a shimano 12 speed casette # more effing standards no one asked for

I have 12 speed on an hope pro 2 for example and that is from 9 speed days

Road.casetted and frehubs are a bit wider (1.> mm iirc) so you need a spacer for a mtb casette on road wheels and a road wont go on * to mtb freewheels

* technically you can remove material from the rrear of a road casette with a lathe or some such

If you need a road cassette skimming down to fit, I've done a few and am happy to modify them if needed. Only works easily on cassettes with an aluminium carrier though, not the cheap all steel ones.