If you want to save money, look at Chainreactioncycles. Their Shimano stuff is often amazingly cheap. I'm guessing you could get an 11 speed crank, shifter, derailer, and chain for <$250. Maybe less than $200, depending on what's in stock.
The 11 speed stuff I've looked at (Shimano mtb) has a different bolt circle than traditional cranks. So, you're probably only going to find 11 speed rings for them. These will be narrower than your 8 speed chain. You could run an 8 speed chain on it, but it will fit loosely, and will be more likely to come off. Eric On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:18 AM gabriel luke thompson aspinwall < gabel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the look of these new black 1x11 or 2x11 cranksets, and want to get > one, but I don't want to have to get a whole new wheel, mine takes > cassettes like 7,8,9, speed. > I have an 8 spd with an 8 spd chain and would be fine just using like a 2 > x 8. So the question is, could I get one of these cranksets, and just buy 8 > spd chainrings? Would that work? Or do you have any better solution to a > 1x11, or 2x11 conversion without spending so much money? Ideally I'd like > to just do a full 1x11 or 2x11 conversion. But wanted to know what people > think I should do. > > Thanks, Gabe. > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
