A Shimano M730/32XT hubs question. 6spd or 7spd on a 130mm rear spacing?

[widowmaker]

How do you all know so much

 

[Tootyred]

You can. Ive got m730 rear converted to hyperglide on my swallow. Wanted to keep the original square end hubs, but with the practicality of 7 speeds and no bleeding knuckles every time a cassette change is needed.

 

[Tootyred]

How do you all know so much

Because we are sad and lonely people who live with bikes in the house.......( who said that.! What carpet!)

Anyway its far simpler than this.....which was todays problem....moral......put stuff back the way mr Honda wanted it.....not how you think it should be...

Same goes for hubs.....

 

[widowmaker]

Which honda is that from ?

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Because we are sad and lonely people who live with bikes in the house.......( who said that.! What carpet!)

Anyway its far simpler than this.....which was todays problem....moral......put stuff back the way mr Honda wanted it.....not how you think it should be...

Same goes for hubs.....

RGS in the background? G series twin?

 

[27motorhead]

Because we are sad and lonely people who live with bikes in the house.......( who said that.! What carpet!)

Anyway its far simpler than this.....which was todays problem....moral......put stuff back the way mr Honda wanted it.....not how you think it should be...

Same goes for hubs.....

6 or 7 speed???

 

[Tootyred]

73' Cb175, yes...twin, 5

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

73' Cb175, yes...twin, 5

Thought so, very similar to the 250 G3/5. The rocket goldie looks lovely any more of that?

 

[bikeworkshop]

How do you all know so much

I've been running a shop since 1995, so have drawers full of 6 and 7 speed ug and 7 and 8/9/10 hg freehub bodies to admire.
Usually with the 6s the cassette wore out and soon became unavailable (in usable sizes - we probably still have 13/14/15/16/17/18s), some we'd convert to 7 with a new fhb and axle spacing, but shifter needed changing too because the spacing was different. Quite a few 6 speed shifters were index& fiction though so you could switch off the index.
I think the bearing position and spacing between fhb and hub was different ug-hg , so setting the axle right and dishing the vfhbb was sometimes a pita.

I've never seen a 130oln with 7 speed cassette (mtb) that wasn't a cut'n'shut, (we'll have done quite a few, I remember drive side dishing looking a bit vertical sometimes) so I assumed they never existed.

There should be a specific shimano part number, but I've never seen it either.

Maybe there were some? But there's nothing to stop you making a 7 Speed m732 with 130 axle - but is it original?
maybe someone has one - XT, 130, 7sp in an original box
Some components never made it into the catalogue - but then bike brand catalogue spec sheets are less trustworthy than the corresponding shimano catalogue.

Great mystery

 

[markjohnson76]

I’m selling some Nos XT hubs, rear is 130 7 speed