Originally Posted by
noobinsf
Since so many of these cassettes are pinned together these days, does anyone remove the pins to allow for more customization?
On pinned cassette with full cogs, not spidered, I remove them all the time.
Some people will say that by doing so, there is a risk of indenting the freehub body with the cogs and pinning prevents this. Probably more prevalent with a titanium freehub body. I have not had any problems, but I understand the potential.
My initial reason to unpin was to be able to use 8 speed mtb trigger shifters with a 7 speed freehub by re-spacing the cassette.
These days it is more about mixing and matching cogs to get certain ratios like the old freewheel cog board from years ago.
John