Are RD04 and RD07 wheels interchangeable?

[rodent]

'lo again.

I stupidly posted question before this at the end of a nearly-dead thread, so I don't know if anyone actually saw it or not, or if a) no-one knows, b) no-one cares, c) no-one is talking to me, or d) all of the above.

So anyway, I hope it's not too annoying to post it again in it's own thread this time, which is what I should have done in the first place.

so...

Does anyone know if RD07 wheels can be used on an RD04? I think the front is the same but I'm not sure, and I know the rears are different - the question is how different...

I do realise that the RD04 rear used a 130/90 on a 2.75 inch rim and the RD07 used a 140/80 on a 3.00 inch rim (I think) so it is probably a stupid question - however it appears there is a lot of clearance around the rear wheel/swingarm, so if the rest of the fittings/dimensions are the same it might fit.

Plus one-quarter of an inch of rim and 130 to a 140 is really not a lot at
all in terms of clearance.

Does anyone know? Has anyone tried?

It just occurred to me that if I could get some "spare" wheels from a breakers I could use those while I sort out the originals, as my RD04 wheels are just starting to "go", and will need sorting soon.

That way I could keep the bike on the road. And since the RD07 was made for a lot longer that the RD04, I thought I'd stand a better chance of finding wheels from the later version, as there must be a lot more RD07s around than 04s.

Cheers all!

[ROYMACNIC]

Yes, I've got a rdo7 back wheel on my rd04,I'm sure the fronts are the same as well.

[rodent]

Excellent! Thank you very much - I knew I can't have been the first person to think of that

Cheers!
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rodent.