Campag Vento 8 - 10 spd

steve23

i currently have shimano sora 8spd on my winter bike, and am wanting to put 105 10spd on it!

hpwever, i was wondering, will my campag vento wheels take a 10spd cassette, even though i only run 8 spd at the mo?

thanks

Monty Dog

If it's an 8 speed freehub, I'm afraid not because the spline pattern is different between Campag 8 and 9/10 speed. Try giving Italian Cycle products a call to see if there is a 9 speed freehub available for your wheel - you are then going to have to get a Campag 10 cassette e.g. Mirage or Veloce with seperate sprockets and find some Shimano 10 speed spacers for it - try Highpath Engineering.

Garybee

No no, do not listen to this man. Campagnolo make wheels with Shimano compatible freehubs as well. If you are currently running an 8sp Shimano cassette then a 10sp Shimano cassette will fit on just fine. The new cassette will come with a small spacer which must be fitted before the cassette, make sure you take off the larger spacer which will be behind your current cassette.

acorn_user

Actually, Monty Dog is a pretty good bet, but I think he missed it this time. He might be thinking of the old skool super hot Vento from the Shamal era. If you have a Shimano freehub, you can fit 7/8/9/10 cassettes on it. Not that you should. 10 speed is overkill for a winter bike really, and the chains don't last as long as the 8 speed ones do, and you can't buy the excellent sram ones with the good quick link. Sitck to 8 atmo
Or enjoy the upgrade!

Monty Dog

OK, should have clarified if the guy was running a Shimano freehub - if he was then 10 speed will be OK. But if it's an old Vento with an 8 speed Campag freehub, previous posts still stands.

steve23

cheers guys. my wheel is a year old, so i assume it will work fine. thanks a lot for the info!!!