IME home brew cassettes work fine in friction, with -- IME -- only the rare juxtaposed pair not getting along. I've never bothered to pay much attention to marching series. Miche 0makes just about every size for decent prices -- $10 for the 15 and 16 outers I ordered from my LBS, dor example.
Patrick Moore Typed with two thumbs on my iPhone On Jan 1, 2012, at 6:37 PM, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Mike: > > I make my own 8 speed cassettes. If you can match the series letters > (see the charts on the Harris site) they shift better but especially > friction they work pretty well even mis-matched. I've even tossed in > a few 7 speed cogs to get what I wanted & they still work OK, but my > standards are not that strict. > > Funny you should ask about modifying a 9 speed. I inherited an 11-34 > 9 speed, and have it torn apart to put 8 speed spacers in (toss the > 11). I'll know in a day or so if it works. > > The 13-26 8 speed that is commonly available makes a good base > cassette. Tossing the 14, 23 & 26 and adding 28 & 32 from an existing > cassette works well. About all I actually wear out are the middle > ones like 17, 19, 21, maybe the odd 15 once in a while. Great fun. > > dougP > > On Jan 1, 3:03 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Jan 1, 10:35 am, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote:> The >> custom cassettes from Harris Cyclery have been a revelation. >> >> Yeah, they're great. I just wish they hadn't stopped making the 8spd >> ones. Anyone know how to make one? Is it a matter of just altering a 9 >> spd cassette? I know the 9spd versions are still available. I prefer >> the 8spd as I like the wider spacing although I have to wonder, is it >> really noticeably different? >> >> The gearing I really like is on my randonneur--46/30 matched with a >> 13-28 6spd FW. I like the way this works with Riv shifters. I seem to >> have every gear I need. I just wish I had more confidence in the IRD >> FWs. My first one crapped out on me immediately. The 7spd I used >> temporarily and the warrantied 6 spd have been fine so far. >> >> --mike > > -- > 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-bunch@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. > -- 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-bunch@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.
