Alex wheel swop from 8 to 9 speed cassette, possible ?

dragonontheedge
dragonontheedge Posts: 496
edited September 2012 in Workshop
My mate has a Carrera with a Shimano 2300 8 speed groupset. The wheels are By Alex.

It just so happens that I have The best part of a full Tiagra groupset with 2x9 shifters going spare.

My shifters won't work on his 8 speed block so the obvious solution is to swop out the block to a nine speed.
I know that a 9 speed freehub can be converted to 10 and visa versa but is it possible to do the same with an 8 speed hub.

My friend is doing an L 2 B in two weeks time so I am anxiuos to make sure his bike is up and running and in tip top condition with no niggles before then.

Thanks in advance.

Al
Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!

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