11 speed shimano road on XT wheelset?

[newforker]

Hi guys,

Looking to build a gravel bike and was considering a XT 8000 wheelset, is it possible to use an 11 speed shimano road cassette (105 or Ultegra) on this wheelset?

Cheers

[Ritxis]

Hi guys,

Looking to build a gravel bike and was considering a XT 8000 wheelset, is it possible to use an 11 speed shimano road cassette (105 or Ultegra) on this wheelset?

Cheers

is not possible without modifying freehub................viewtopic.php?t=115919

[Briscoelab]

Yea, Shimano in all of their wisdom made 11 speed MTB cassettes by simply offsetting the cogs to work on a normal 10 speed freehub. They of course didn't do that on their road hubs/cassettes. So, you can't put an 11speed road cassette on the MTB wheels easily.

That said, you can use a wheels mfg 11 speed conversion cassette (although that is technically campy spaced to works perfectly) or one of the edco conversion cassettes. I would only do this if you already have the XT wheels or have a strong reason to use them.

[F45]

Take the top gear cluster to a machinist and have him remove 1.8mm from the inside.

Or you can do the remove-a-cog trick.

[ultyguy]

Would this hack work to get 10 cogs of 11 speed road onto a normal 10 speed mtb freehub?
http://darkspeedworks.com/blog.htm

I want to splurge out for some nice MTB wheels but want to be able to use them on my CX as well. Mavic Crossmax SL Pro seems like a good option for light weight and modular hub compatability?

[mtbstuff]

Another alternative for the ten speed wheel is to use a Edco Monoblock cassette. It will work on the XT hub and shifts great.