well, basically everything was said in the title... is there a certain trick in the length of the cable or do i really need a new casette?
9 speed shifter, 8 speed casette, no money, can it work?
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The cassette body is the same width with 8 and 9 speed, but the spacing between the cogs is closer on 9. So with an 8 speed cassette, the 9 spd shifter won't move the chain far enough to get a good shift. You need a new 9 speed cassette. Get something cheap and you'lll be fine with about $30 spent.
won't work
all right, thanks
recommendations for a 9 spd. med-range casette anyone?
something like 11-27 to fit with a 40t chairing? does this sound right?
recommendations for a 9 spd. med-range casette anyone?
something like 11-27 to fit with a 40t chairing? does this sound right?
Sell the silly 9 speed shifter and get an 8 speed shifter. Boo 9speed.
Temporarily, it can be made to work.
http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3946
You should change your cassette or shifter asap for best performance though.
No, and if you try Chuck Norris will come and kill you.
I have done it, and it did work but it was not the greatest. It should get you by until you get what you need.
Just swap any Sram stuff out for all ****mano and you'll never know the difference. It'll feel like a new Shimano setup.. click...click...crack...boink!...clank...and then that strange growling sound.....
Sorry, J/K, you'd be better off running it single speed than worrying when the chain's gonna thump a gear on ya. Sore knees, you will have... Anyone else find any humor amongst the anger ensued that no matter how ready you are for your knees to slam into the shifters when the chain skips, that you just can't prevent it??? I usually have to laugh demonically through clenched teeth. Then I bought Sram and have ridden stress free for months.
This was a pretty pointless post, huh?
Sorry, J/K, you'd be better off running it single speed than worrying when the chain's gonna thump a gear on ya. Sore knees, you will have... Anyone else find any humor amongst the anger ensued that no matter how ready you are for your knees to slam into the shifters when the chain skips, that you just can't prevent it??? I usually have to laugh demonically through clenched teeth. Then I bought Sram and have ridden stress free for months.
This was a pretty pointless post, huh?
It will work fine, but not great. Certain gears might jump but you will be able to get by...for something like XC...probably not. Ive broken off my shifter several times and in a pinch had to use a backup 9 speed off of friends for races and it really wasnt a problem.
nope. shifting will never be good enough to make you want to ride it. at least I wouldn't want to ride my bike that way.
with my new frame, i have to run a 40t chainring or bigger, is there a casette that is a super wide range 9 speed? like 32-11 or wider?
