old Eros re-wheel

notAProfi said:

I have a 15-year old Bianchi Eros that I'd like to get new wheels for. Most of the relevant equipment on it is original or original-compatible and I am therefore having trouble finding a new wheelset with compatibility for the rear-wheel, 8-cog cassette. If I find campy compatible it says for 9s or 10s.

I'm using this for commuting urban streets in the SF Bay area.

I have not worked on bikes enough to want to build a wheel from scratch so would prefer pre-built that I only have to move the cassette to. The cassette is relatively new so I want to keep that.

I'd appreciate any suggestions for a compatible wheelset, or other way out of this conundrum.

Presuming your bike's frame has 130mm rear spacing, I believe you two options ...

The easiest, IMO, is to simply buy a SHIMANO-comptable wheelset + 8-speed Shimano-compatible cassette ... the spacing on the 8-speed Shimano & Campagnolo cogs is NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, but it is close enough ...
[INDENT]The only thing you should need to do (besides inserting a spacer on the Freehub body) will be to reset the stops on your rear derailleur & (possibly) tweak the indexing.

BORROW A "SHIMANO" REAR WHEEL + 8-SPEED CASSETTE TO VERIFY THAT IT WILL WORK WELL ENOUGH FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS.
[/INDENT]If you feel compelled to maintaining a Campy-only bike, then you can buy a 9-/10-/11-speed Campagnolo compatible wheelset & create the registration NOTCH in each cog to mate with the registration key on Freehub body of the 9-/10-/11-speed Campagnolo cassettes ...

If the 8-speed cassette is snug AFTER cutting an appropriate notch (I would use SMALL square-or-triangular hand file), then use a half-round to shave a minimal amount from the inner circumference of the individual cogs.

You CAN completely rebuild the Campagnolo hubs and/or have new rims laced onto them, BTW.

notAProfi said:

I have a 15-year old Bianchi Eros that I'd like to get new wheels for. Most of the relevant equipment on it is original or original-compatible and I am therefore having trouble finding a new wheelset with compatibility for the rear-wheel, 8-cog cassette. If I find campy compatible it says for 9s or 10s.

I'm using this for commuting urban streets in the SF Bay area.

I have not worked on bikes enough to want to build a wheel from scratch so would prefer pre-built that I only have to move the cassette to. The cassette is relatively new so I want to keep that.

I'd appreciate any suggestions for a compatible wheelset, or other way out of this conundrum.

Get a Campagnolo 9/10/11s wheelset. Get a Veloce 9s cogset(all loose cogs), replace the yellow 9s spacers with the black 8s spacers..adjust RD-go ride.

Thanks for the input. Yes, 130mm spacing. The responses I got make me aware of how little I know about the workings on the rear wheel. Will take responses to a LBS and ask them to help me work through them before I commit to something.

Thanks again.

alfeng said:

Presuming your bike's frame has 130mm rear spacing, I believe you two options ...

The easiest, IMO, is to simply buy a SHIMANO-comptable wheelset + 8-speed Shimano-compatible cassette ... the spacing on the 8-speed Shimano & Campagnolo cogs is NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, but it is close enough ...[INDENT]The only thing you should need to do (besides inserting a spacer on the Freehub body) will be to reset the stops on your rear derailleur & (possibly) tweak the indexing.

BORROW A "SHIMANO" REAR WHEEL + 8-SPEED CASSETTE TO VERIFY THAT IT WILL WORK WELL ENOUGH FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS.
[/INDENT]If you feel compelled to maintaining a Campy-only bike, then you can buy a 9-/10-/11-speed Campagnolo compatible wheelset & create the registration NOTCH in each cog to mate with the registration key on Freehub body of the 9-/10-/11-speed Campagnolo cassettes ...

If the 8-speed cassette is snug AFTER cutting an appropriate notch (I would use SMALL square-or-triangular hand file), then use a half-round to shave a minimal amount from the inner circumference of the individual cogs.

You CAN completely rebuild the Campagnolo hubs and/or have new rims laced onto them, BTW.