my new project - 1988 Raleigh Quadra

[Jonny69]

I have bought pair of wheels, not grey rims but they look correct and the correct rear axle width.

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I’m 90% certain that’s got a Uniglide cassette on it because I can see the ends of the splines on the freehub. If you don’t have shifters already, any friction shifter will work, or an Exage 6-speed indexed shifter will work if you use a Shimano SIS compatible rear derailleur. Basically any Shimano road derailleur from about mid 90s up to 10-speed 105 5700 series will index correctly

 

[LondonClassic]

I’m 90% certain that’s got a Uniglide cassette on it because I can see the ends of the splines on the freehub.

Crucial question is does it have the threaded inner body of the freehub to take a Hyperglide cassette? Late 80s there were lots of Shimano freehubs that took Uniglide or Hyperglide. Every 6400 rear hub I come across seems to have these.

Seems like time for this:

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Thread 'Uniglide/Hyperglide Questions'

Jul 18, 2017

Hi All,

Sorry to question a topic that seems to have been talked about a lot, but I'm still not clear and have been thrown even more questions by a LBS.

I currently have full 1050 1st gen 105 group set with 6x2 SIS and all pretty worn out from commuting. It's time to refresh things. However, inspection shows that the cassette from 1987 is a uniglide cassette, and these don't seem to be easily available...

It seems that I can fit a hyperglide free hub body and gain improved shifting performance from hyperglide sprockets and more readily available cassettes, but I have a load of...

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