I doubt you need to be concerned about link count, but Sheldon has a procedure on his site for determine correct chain length, if that is a concern. Re: chainline - 8 speed cassettes occupy the same space as 9 speed so your chainline doesn't change. If it worked fine as a 9, it'll work as an 8. FWIW, modern chains are flexible enough that chainline isn't a huge issue within reasonable limits.
dougP On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:51:31 PM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote: > > So, I know that I can use an 8-speed cassette with an 8-speed chain on my > Sam with Xt FD and Deore rear derailer. They all will work together. > > 1. Will going to an 11-32 8 speed from my current 12-34 9 speed cassette > make me have to lose a link, or use the same link count? > > 2. Also, will going to the 8-speed mess up chainline since I am going to 8 > from a 9-speed cassette? I don't really understand chainline. But I was > wondering if this would be an issue. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
