Can you get any wide range 8 speed cassette that doesn't start with 11? Apparently yes. IRD offers a 12-32 (among other less-wide variants).
http://store.interlocracing.com/9and8spmtca.html On Thursday, January 3, 2013 4:54:56 AM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 00:18 -0800, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > As far as I can see, we bike consumer types have NOTHING to complain > > about. There has never been such a wide selection of bikes, parts, and > > accessories from which to choose. 5/6/7 speed freewheels are still > > available (and becoming more so, not less), if that's your thing. > > Barely available, and with a tremendously restricted availability of > gearing combinations, compared to years past. Where is the old cog > board that let you make custom gearing? Where do you find 5 or 6 speed > freewheels for half-step gearing? Where do you find quality freewheels? > Nowhere. > > But it's indexed shifters where the pressure gets applied. Do you like > 9 speed and brifters? What do you do when your Shimano STI units fail, > as they all eventually do? Can you even buy a replacement other than > NOS? > > > Yeah, you can buy 10sp or 11sp systems, too, but nobody is forcing > > you to do that. > > Yes, actually they are forcing you. Can you get a new 7, 8 or 9 speed > Ultegra or Dura Ace quality STI unit? Can you get any wide range 8 > speed cassette that doesn't start with 11? Can you buy a new road bike > equipped with a Shimano group of 105 quality level or above with > anything but 10? Can you buy any new road bike equipped with Campagnolo > that isn't either 10 or 11 (and almost all 11)? > > > There is no retro-grouch persecution for us to rally around, though I > > will concede that you'd be hard pressed to find a new rear derailleur > > as crappy as what was considered state-of-the-art in the 1970s. > > "Inexorable pressure and the ever-present threat of obsolescence" is how > I'd characterize it. "Persecution" is putting it a bit strong, but > claiming the pressure does not exist is denying the truth. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/A8YXH2CmoJoJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
