9sp Shifters With 8sp Cassette

jedi_master
jedi_master Posts: 888
edited July 2009 in MTB workshop & tech
Will 9 speed shifters work with an 8 speed cassette or will the shifting be off?

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  • bomberesque
    bomberesque Posts: 1,701
    no, it won't work

    unless you ahve some special early dura-ace 8sp that actually had 9 sp spacing, on all the others 8sp spacing is wider than 9sp

    watch SS come on and say I'm wrong about that now :oops: :wink:
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  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    Don't think it'll work. For each shift the shifter will pull the amount of cable needed to go one cog on a 9 speed cassette, which will be different from an 8 speed... won't it?
  • jedi_master
    jedi_master Posts: 888
    bomberesque wrote:
    on all the others 8sp spacing is wider than 9sp
    MrChuck wrote:
    For each shift the shifter will pull the amount of cable needed to go one cog on a 9 speed cassette, which will be different from an 8 speed... won't it?

    This is what I was thinking but I thought I would ask just to check.

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