mauricemaher wrote:
We have a machinist in town who is milling out.....IIRC 1.8 mm on the cassette, we have had zero problems so far but you need the cassette with the last three rivited. Not to say you won't have problems....he is also a cyclist and is charging 50$ per cassette. I don't have 11 speed, so far it is working for those that do.This is a not a bad idea, and it was one I considered. But it has some downsides.
First, you can't ever use that cassette again on another wheel that is 11 speed, or at least not without having to get some kind of spacer(s) to add back the material that was just removed. The easy hybrid cassette method we outlined still allows an instant way to go back to an 11 speed cassette (just add in the removed cog). Second, when you mill that last cog carrier down, the backside of that cassette now becomes essentially concave. For some wheels, that is not a problem regarding cog vs spoke clearance, or RD/chain vs spoke clearance. But there is another problem: for many wheels (some zipps that I measured, for example), the cog carrier's alloy or composite "arms" will rub or hit (or have extremely tight clearance with) the hub body itself. And that is not good.
So my advice would be to first mount the largest cog carrier of your proposed 11-speed cassette on your proposed 10-speed wheel and check to see if you can spare 1.8mm of movement toward the driveside before you try to mill material off your 11-speed cassette. Check spoke clearance, chain clearance, and check hub body clearance.
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