So I’ve got 2 sets of wheels including a bargain set of DeeMax. The DM’s are only going to be used for uplift stuff so considering getting a road cassette and spare chain so I can just swap the wheels and chain over when i need to.

Are there any issues running a road cassette on MTB freehubs, anything to take into account?

Nope. Just different ratios

I have run Ultegra cassettes on Hope hubs for ages with no problems at all

Thanks chaps 🙂

Make sure it’s tight, road cassettes tend not to have alloy carriers as they’r esmall, so they can gouge freehubs

I’ve run road cassettes on my mtb for years, never had any trouble. All good

just remember to faff with the B-tension screw when you switch between the wheels

Isnt the sprocket spacing different between MTB and Road 10 spd?

Not enough to matter. A road cassette is 1mm narrower, and include a spacer.

got a new slx mech/shifter with sram og road cassette … no probs
at all so spacing the same too 😉

Make sure it’s tight, road cassettes tend not to have alloy carriers as they’r esmall, so they can gouge freehubs

Nope, same as the MTB ones, only the cheapest don’t have a carrier.

As above you will need the 1mm spacer that comes with road cassettes to get it to fit on a 9s/10s MTB freehub, It’ll still index, but might need tweeking slightly to get it wo work properly at the low end.

You might be better off just getting a 10s MTB cassette and binning the big gears and usig a singlespeed kit to space the cassette out. IME the narrow gaps on a road cassette were really irritating downhill as you had to constantly search for a gear, or coast because it wasn’t worth changing 4 gears between corners.

Best shifting I ever had was with a 9 speed Ultegra casette / 105 mech / XTR shifter (Shimano chain & those coated XTR cables), fast positive shifts & almost silent – could barely feel it… although it was also probably the last time an actual mechanic set the gears up as opposed to my ham fisted attempts 😕