Campag / Shimano Compatibility (cassette)

pinno

Its probably been posted before, but I trawled through the Workshop listing until I got very bored and did not come accross it.

This is a follow up to buying Dura Ace wheels and running Campag transmission.
It was suggested that I purchase an Evolution or Ambrosio Cassette with Shimano splines for Campag. Had a look and it seems a real pity to downgrade from a Record cassette to a relatively low end spec cassette. So I thought, is there any difference in the spacing of a Shimano 10 speed cassette and a Campag ? Anyone tried it before?

Put better - if you put a 10sp Shimano cassette on a Shimano freehub, would the 10sp campag rear mech work with it? i.e my running gear is all campag at the moment

fast as fupp

youll never fit a record cassette on a shimano hub- the splines are completely different

pinno

Not what I meant.

Put better - if you put a 10sp Shimano cassette on a Shimano freehub, would the campag rear mech work with it? i.e my running gear is all campag at the moment

tx14

this link may be of help.
http://www.ctc.org.uk/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=3946

esspeebee

pinarello001 wrote:

Not what I meant.

Put better - if you put a 10sp Shimano cassette on a Shimano freehub, would the campag rear mech work with it? i.e my running gear is all campag at the moment

The sprocket spacing is different, so no. There are some mix-and-match combinations described at tx14's link, but most end up using a subset of the gears that would be available in a uniform setup.

Berk Bonebonce

pinarello001 wrote:

Put better - if you put a 10sp Shimano cassette on a Shimano freehub, would the 10sp campag rear mech work with it? i.e my running gear is all campag at the moment

No. Spacing is different enough to make them non-compatable.

Put 'ShimErgo' into Internet to open up a can of worms.

BazookaMoor

There's an easy solution to the dilema of runiing a Campag drivetrain with a Shimano cassette.
It's called a J-Tek shiftmate.

http://www.jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.htm

If you want to use a Shimano 9/10 speed cassette you'll need to use a Shimano rear mech as well, but the Shimano cassette/rear mech combo will work with 9/10 speed Campag shifters.
At the moment I'm using 9 speed Campag Chorus shifters, 10 speed Record Chainset, 9 speed Shimano Tiagra Rear mech, 9 speed Shimano cassette.
Everything works fine and the gear changes are crisp and precise.

Hope this helps sort out your Campag/Shimano compatability issues


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de_sisti

pinarello001 wrote:

Not what I meant.

Put better - if you put a 10sp Shimano cassette on a Shimano freehub, would the campag rear mech work with it? i.e my running gear is all campag at the moment

Yes it would,,,,,,, if you used a Shimano 9 speed cassette. The spacing for Shimano
9 speed and Campag 10 speed in almost identical. That's the combo I use for my
3 bikes ,Campag 10s levers, Campag f/r mechs, Shimano (compatible) hub with a
Shimano 9s cassette. Works fine, honest.