Shimano HG Hyperglide versus UG Uniglide

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Permalink Reply by Richard Stiers on August 6, 2014 at 7:30am

Take a look here.  http://cycleseven.org/uniglide-and-hyperglide-compatibility

I don't know that they answer your specific question regarding chain compatibility.

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Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on August 6, 2014 at 7:41am

Having the ability to move to an eight speed shifter would also be nice...

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on August 6, 2014 at 9:16am

It'll work just fine.

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Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on August 6, 2014 at 4:26pm

Cool. Thanks! It's soaking in parts cleaner right now.

notoriousDUG said:

It'll work just fine.

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Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on August 7, 2014 at 12:27am

Excellent article! It was impossible to read it on my phone so I had to wait to read it on my desktop.  I have a SRAM 9 Speed cassette I can attempt to fit, however I also have a Shimano 8 speed on my MTB I can experiment with before making any decisions.

My hunch is that the 8 speed cassette will work great, and that I'll wind up with a Shimano HG-50.  Without looking at it, I seem to remember the SRAM cassette has cogs riveted in pairs in such a way as to be impossible to fit individually, much like my American Classic conversion cassette for Campagnolo 10 speed systems which runs on Shimano freehub cassette bodies.

Someone on Ebay is selling 3mm cassette spacers for UG systems, so I guess I will need to whip out my vernier calipers to see exactly how many 3mm spacers I have.   But I should sell the American Classic cassette instead of screwing up the set as it would at least pay for the HG 50.

Richard Stiers said:

Take a look here.  http://cycleseven.org/uniglide-and-hyperglide-compatibility

I don't know that they answer your specific question regarding chain compatibility.

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