Hub compatibility question

[Matt-H]

Fellow forumites,

I was hoping you could tell me if Hugi 240 hubs branded "Specialized S Works" circa '01-'02 are compatible with 10 speed SRAM. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Apologies for never including "Shimano compatible" 240 in my initial post. :o

[Matt-H]

No knowledge of Hugi hubs of this vintage and SRAM 10 compatibility? Hard to believe I could stump this forum... :)

[nahtnoj]

Are they compatible w/ 8/9/10 speed Shimano? If so, same thing.

[Pete Serotta]

If is is SHIMANO compatible hub (not Campy) than the answer is yes SRAM will work fine.

[Matt-H]

Thank you for the comments. Forgive my ignorance, but I always thought that a Shimano compatible hub (not necessarily a Shimano hub) was, as you have both said, also compatible with a SRAM cassette. Subsequently, I thought I read that Shimano hubs pre 2008 (I think) would not accomodate a SRAM cassette. So, I thought that older hubs from other manufacturers might also be incompatible with SRAM cassettes.

[Dave]

The only hubs that won't accept a SRAM cassette are the Shimano 7800 series with the larger OD aluminum splined cassette body and others that copied this briefly offered spline. IIRC that was '06-'07. The new 7850 hub returns to the old shallow spline design, that SRAM uses. If the hub is 8/9/10 compatible, then it has the shallow spline.

[Matt-H]

Thanks for clarifying the issue, Dave!