That indeed is my recommendation, particularly with friction shifting. Use the chain you like, and I suspect it will be perfecto for you.
Bill On Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 10:07:01 AM UTC-7, Doug Williams wrote: > > So I would be getting the 7-8-9 speed version of the Rene Herse crank. As > I said, I am happily friction shifting 8 speed. But I might consider trying > 9 speed with an Ultegra chain if the "special" Ultegra 9 speed chain was > going to magically interact with the Rene Herse crank in a way that would > not happen with a generic and mundane 8 speed chain. It sounds like there > is no such magic, so I will probably just stick with 8 speed. > > Doug > > On 6/13/19 8:54 AM, Doug Williams wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I'm considering a Rene Herse crankset for my Homer but I'm a little >> > confused on when you must (should) use an Ultegra chain on Rene Herse >> > cranksets. Clearly recommended by Jan for 11 speed, I get that. 10 >> > speed also, I think. But what about for 8 or 9 speed? Must you use an >> > Ultegra chain on a 9 speed in order to get the advantage of the Herse >> > ramps and pins? What about 8 speed? I don't even see an "Ultegra" >> > chain for 8 speed, which is what I am currently (and happily) friction >> > shifting on my Homer. Would chain brand matter at all for Rene Herse >> > cranksets with 8 or 9 speed setups? >> > >> >> Jan's recommendation of the Ultegra chain is not confined solely to the >> 11 speed rings with ramps and pins. 10 and below rings do not have >> ramps and pins. They're not "straight cut" but aren't ramped and >> pinned. I've got a Herse triple and I'm running 10. I got an Ultegra >> 10 chain on his recommendation, and all I can say is it shifts fine and >> isn't too expensive even with the extra cost of a Wippermann link (no >> stupid Shimano break-off pins for me, thanks). >> >> 8 speed chains are pretty cheap, so how much harm could you get into if >> you got a SRAM 8 speed chain and tried it? >> >> -- >> Steve Palincsar >> Alexandria, Virginia >> USA >> >> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/855354c8-f4ab-4321-a6d0-b85cfe903a46%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
