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Road wheels, freehubs and sprocket cassettes.

I have Giant P-SL1 road wheels that has a Shimano 105 11-28 cassette fitted. The wheel hubs are DT-Swiss.

I have just had my freehub repaired. I am told it had a broken spring.

I am interested to know if the freehub will have come fitted to the wheel and will be Dt-Swiss or if it has to be matched to the cassette and will be Shimano.

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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Bedfordshire Clanger | 10 years ago
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The answer is - both!

DT Swiss freehub and body with Shimano splines to match your Shimano cassette.

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cat1commuter | 10 years ago
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Or, it seems the story isn't quite as simple as I thought, having read this page. I think the exact Shimano system is still covered by patent.

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cat1commuter | 10 years ago
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Freehubs are part of the hub, so it is a DT Swiss component.

Freehub / cassette system was invented by Shimano, and replaced the old system of a separate hub and screw on freewheel + sprockets. The old system was bad because the drive side bearing was some distance from the dropout, and this put stress on the axle, which used to regularly bend or break.

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