Running a 9speed cassette with 8 speed shifters?

millster
millster Posts: 209
edited March 2008 in MTB workshop & tech
quite simply would this be possible? and what would be the implications, if any? thanks in advance.

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  • Jimbob_no5
    Jimbob_no5 Posts: 1,568
    no it wouldn't be possible, how are you going to get into the 9th gear??
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    the spacing is different, the chains are different widths. so the shifter pull different cable. 9 spd cassettes needs a 9 spd chains and shifters. and mixed any other way.
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  • millster
    millster Posts: 209
    well i wasnt planning on it lol! but could you effectively have one ring being "rudundant?" and just shift between the other 8?
  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    It will not work because the spacing between the cogs on a 8spd & 9spd are different, the whole cassette is the same width, but the inter cog spacing is different, nothing to do with getting that 9th gear.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    No, the shifter pulls a different amount of cable per click. Just doesnt work!
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  • millster
    millster Posts: 209
    rite oh. thanks for advice!

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