Shimano Mavic Aksium wheels with a Centaur drivetrain?

anthonysjb

Hey,

The guy whos buying my old wheelset needs to know if he'll be able to run it with his Campagnolo Centaur derailleur? Is this possible through any conversion kits or anything? Any advice will be much appreciated!

majormantra

Your wheels will have a Shimano freehub which won't take a Campag cassette. There do exist cassettes with Campag spacing and Shimano splines but they aren't widely used or really ideal as far as I know.

If you are including the cassette it still won't work properly because Campag and Shimano have different cog spacing, so short answer: no.

blackhands

Ambrosio do a Campag spaced cassette which fit onto Shimano freehubs. Also, Highpath Engineering do replacement sprocket spacers which will convert a Shimano cassette to Campag spacing (cost about £20).

Yossie

But Aksiums are shyyyt anyway, so tell him to stop being so silly and to go and buy some Campy compatible wheels. Obermayers work I believe.

pete.whelan

Could always fit a JTEK Shiftmate to the rear mech to work with a Shimano cassette. They work well

kozzo

Mavic Campagnolo freehub will make these wheels perfectly compatible.
Look at Mavic website.

keef66

Why is he buying Shimano fit wheels if he's got a Campag drivetrain?? It's going to cost him another £40 to convert the freehub. Although I suppose he can also Ebay the Shimano freehub...