Can you put a 12-speed cassette on a 9 speed hub?
Can you put a 12-speed cassette on a 9 speed hub?
12-speed cassettes used to be just limited to wheels with XD drivers on the back, but now you can use a 12-speed cassette on any mountain bike wheel with the SunRace MZ90 12-speed 11-50T cassette. It will fit any Shimano or SRAM 8, 9, or 10-speed freehub body, and Shimano Dynasys 11-speed mountain freehub bodies.
Can I replace a 9 speed cassette with a 12-speed?
Even if you have a much older 9-speed cassette on your bike, as long as the smallest cog on it is 11T, one of our HG Compatible groupsets with the SunRace 12-speed 11-51T cassette will fit and be a great upgrade option.
Can you turn a mountain bike into a 1 speed?
It’s possible to buy a single speed freewheel if you have that type of rear wheel. For our free hub we bought a single speed conversion kit. The kit includes the sprocket, a number of spacers, and a lock ring.
Will a 12-speed cassette fit on an 8 speed hub?
Registered. You can fit an 11spd or 12spd MTB cassette that uses the Shimano HG standard on any 8-9-10spd HG freehub body. So unless you’re looking at 7spd hubs pretty much anything should work.
Can I convert my 9 speed to 11 speed?
Converting a 9-speed wheel to 11-speed You will have to buy a new 11-speed wheel and replace the entire wheel. On the other hand, if your current wheel is an 11-speed wheel, you can convert it to 11-speed by removing the low spacer from the low side of the 9-speed sprocket and installing an 11-speed sprocket.
Can I upgrade my MTB cassette?
Of course yes, anyone can change a bike cassette by himself, it’s not hard bike mechanics, you need specific tools for the process, but if you’re not sure or you don’t have the tools at the moment, it’s always better to give it to a professional bike mechanic for a quick change.
Can I put an 11 speed cassette on an 8 speed hub?
Condensed answer: An 8-speed MTB hub is wide enough to accept an 11-speed MTB cassette. An 8-speed Road hub, however, is too narrow for an 11-speed Road cassette. If you have an 8-speed road bike and want to convert it to 11 speeds, you will have to replace the hub with an 11-speed one.