I've been using friction shifting with nine speed on one bike. With caveats, it's upright bars and a ca. 1988 Shimano XT thumb shifter. With that shifter 9 speeds doesn't seem to be an issue. It's a 12-36 paired with a 39t front and using a regular Deore long cage derailleur.
Have not had an problems since setting it up. Also don't seem to experience ghost shifting, but maybe because I'm not that strong of a rider. Then again, as this is on a non-Rivendell bike, my observation is off topic Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: > This dearth of 8 speed cassettes had me momentarily worried, until I saw > it wasn't so. For instance, here's a range of 12-21 thru 13-26: > > > http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=12017&category=42 > > in addition to all the usual 11-something. > > Which is comforting, because 8 speed is the sweet spot for me. > > Eric Daume > Dublin, OH > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > >> >> >> The "commercial fate" of 7 speed is the chrome cassettes are now >> unavailable, but the black ones are all still available. Not so pretty, >> but functionally just as good. That's not the case with 8: in the past >> 2 or 3 years virtually all the 8 speed combinations have gone. Only >> 11-x are still in available, and for me 11 only makes sense if you have >> a 20" wheel. >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
