Road vs MTB cassettes

PJPenrouz
PJPenrouz Posts: 136
edited September 2007 in Workshop
Hi there,
I wonder if you can have road sprockets and rear deraileur on a MTB 135mm hub with disk. After reading Sheldon I think it's OK, possibly apart from Dura Ace.
My specific configuration I'm thinking of is Bontrager Select road disk wheelset which can come either with 130mm or 135mm hub spacing (both would be accepted by my frame - steel 132.5mm) and Sram Rival 10-speed drivetrain. Now do I really need the 130mm wheel for that? Then I would be stuck with the wheels, since after my research on the Internet, there aren't any othe 130mm disk rear hubs. Or, if I get the 135mm wheel (easily replaceable in the future), will I be able to use the road sprockets and deraileur (actually, the whole Rival drivetrain including the new double tap shifters for flat bars)?
Cheers

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  • PJPenrouz
    PJPenrouz Posts: 136
    That's funny. I posted the same question on the MTB forum and there was quite an interesting discussion.
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... 92ec553286
    Here nobody replied, and I originally thought the subject would fit in here more.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    hub width is irrelevant

    as long as the cassette fits the freehub, then you're laughing

    Plenty mtbers run road cassettes (9spd though)
    Facts are meaningless, you can use facts to prove anything that's remotely true! - Homer
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    maddog 2 wrote:
    hub width is irrelevant

    as long as the cassette fits the freehub, then you're laughing

    Plenty mtbers run road cassettes (9spd though)

    and less, and the odd one runs 10.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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