Zipp Freehub Kit - 2013 - 2015 188 Hub 11-speed SRAM/Shimano, Red

TUTTO OK;

With the Campagnolo (blue) freehub body for my Zipp 404 rear wheel with 188 V7 (version 7) hub I was able to convert the wheel from being 10-speed Shimano (with the red free hub body) to 11-speed (again Campagnolo). BUT I use this wheel now on a bike with Shimano Di2 11-speed and it works from what I can tell as if it were a wheel with an 11-speed Shimano freehub body -- that's the magic!!! For the record I learned of this from Lennard Zinn who wrote in VeloNews about this method for converting Zipp's 188 V7 hub (with 10-speed Shimano) to work with a Shimano 11-speed setup. In case one wonders why I did not convert the Zipp 188 hub from Shimano 10-speed to Shimano 11-speed: it's not possible the V7 of Zipp's 188 hub is not convertible to Shimano 11-speed!!!

The Campagnolo freehub body appears authentic and of Zipp quality and it appears that all parts were included. There is one review that makes mention of a missing part and indeed that customer may have received an order with a missing part. I was concerned about this when I placed my order. I raise this issue in my review because at first glance I thought that my order may have had missing a part but after a couple of realizations -- which I'll detail below -- I realized that it came with everything that is needed to install this freehub body onto and have it work properly with my Zipp 188 V7 hub.

Realization #1 about a part not being missing - For the drive (right) side which is the side of the hub where the freehub body (and cassette) is installed I thought that the "dust cap shield" may have been missing as I didn't see it at first in the bag in which all the items were packed (with btw appropriate grease) -- and the image with the listing of the product shows this item separately (it's the circular blue disc). This dust cap shield however was stored inside the freehub body in the place that it goes when installing the freehub body!!! Thus if you order this product and don't see the blue dust cap shield look inside the freehub body on the side without the pawls (the side that will face away from the spokes).

Realization #2 about a missing part not being missing - For the non-drive (left) side (which is the side with just the endcap no freehub body and no cassette) the procedure for replacing the freehub body on the hub calls for removing a (red) bearing shield on this side. At first I thought that I was supposed to replace this red bearing shield with a blue-colored (Zipp likes to keep things color coded for clarity with the 188 V7 hub; Shimano freehub body parts are red Campagnolo freehub body parts are blue). I didn't see a blue-colored bearing shield with my order so I wondered whether this part was missing. BUT I realized that there was nothing that "changed" on the non-drive (left) side of the hub when I replaced the (red) Shimano freehub body with the (blue) Campagnolo freehub body. Thus it was entirely fine for me to reuse place back in the (red) bearing shield that was originally in there.

Again bottom line I am highly satisfied with this purchase. This part allows me to use again this wheel for my current 11-speed Shimano setup. There are other methods that can allow one to get the same result but I believe that the method that I used with this product is the easiest and lowest price approach.;

Great;

Cross threaded my freehub with my cassette lock ring only 2 nights before a cyclocross race. Only place to go was Amazon - at 21:30 on Thursday night I ordered the part and before 18:30 on Friday night it was delivered. Can fit it for tomorrow’s race now. 5 stars for delivery. I’m sure the part will be good too. Thanks Amazon!;

Can also this free hub be used for 10 speed?;