Harris Cyclery sells a custom blend 13-34 8 speed cassette for $60. another thought would be the small chainring ... are you running a 24 or 26? You can buy a 22T ring for most triples.
Gearing is the bane of knobbied 700c wheels as most aren't used to rock crawl. 29er's have been clamoring for better gearing for a while. I suspect others will follow ShimaNo's lead... except for us 8 speeders. Mike SoCal On Feb 1, 1:47 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > You can't just "leave off the smallest" sprocket. You need a first > position sprocket, i.e., a sprocket with a spacer built in; removing it > and leaving the 2nd position sprocket hanging in the wind won't do it. > > The way you make a Century Special 13-30 is to start with a 12-27. > Remove the 12 and the 13 tooth sprockets. Replace the 13 with a first > position 13. Now add a 30T behind the 27. Install on a hub. > > You can get first position sprockets. You can order them on Sheldon's > site if your LBS can't or won't do. > > > > On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 14:15 -0700, rswat...@me.com wrote: > > David, > > I did just that recently. Took apart a 9s cassette and made an 8s out > > of it using spacers from an old 8s casssette. I used the lock ring and > > outermost 12t cog from the 8s cassette too since the outer cog on the > > 9 was 11t. > > It works just fine. > > > Ryan > > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 13:59, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > A combination of pushing my bike up hill yesterday and the new 12-36 > > > cassette in the latest Reader has me thinking... > > > > Can I put "8 speed" spacers between the cogs of a nine speed > > > cassette and simply leave off the smallest cog? My current 8 speed > > > cassette is a 12-32 XTR (on a spider), and I'd love to get a 34 or > > > even 36 low. I would never need an 11T high, and very rarely use a > > > 12T. > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > David > > > Redlands, CA > > > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is > > > something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a > > > gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners- > > > bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > > .- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
