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My turn to ask for help !!!
Ok Lesson number 1 don't order gear online after a bottle of red and six beers. (It also makes you think that what ever you buy online late at night is totally justifide and the wife won't find out anyway, not!)
Lesson 2 double check what you have ordered then check it again, but I thought I did that so don't bother with lesson 2 if you didn't heed lesson 1.
I now own a SRAM Cassette PG-830 11-32 8 speed. Should have been 9 speed.
Question: will my Shimano 9 speed shift still work ok on the 8 if I fit it?
I have read that Shimano 9-speed shifters can shift 8-speed spacing with an alternate cable attachment, anybody know what the attachment is and /or how it could change the spacing gap to divide 8 into 9?
Any help will be appreciated
Pikey
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too late. I am now the proud parent of a SRAM X9 front derailuer that doesn't fit my coiler (its a 31.8 or something like that) which I purchased to go with my X7 - 3 spd front shifter, which was MEANT to be an X7 9spd rear shifter. So, anyway; I now have an X9 front derailuer that is doing me no good, no good at all.
Sorry, I can't help you Pikey, but it does feel good to confess our online shopping sins.
Campe
Can't send any of this gear back? Is this yet more argument for a parts bin page?
you know there will be a use for it once its there.
try the bottom two first
http://www.pricepoint.com/helpDesk/ProductHelp/D...
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=64792
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/speeds.html
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Bicycle-Repair-1824/8...
and if the above doesn't work then I think this is the thingymajig you were talking about
http://jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.htm
I have a commuter bike for whihc an 8-speed 11-32T cassette would be a pefect drop-in replacement. If you'd like to divest yourself of your - ahem - "investment"
I might be a buyer.
Pikey, I don't think 8spd cassettes fit on the 9spd freehub, if you have a 8sp freehub lying round your sweet, erm better off..
Yes Campe confessing ones drunken online ordering errors is good at venting how stupid one can be and Rob returning the item with restocking fees and postage in this case isn't worth it. Stuart thanks for the lead to the Thingymagig but it turned out to cost more than the cassette. Shano, an 8 or 9 speed shimano or SRAM will fit each others hub. But the best help so far is Hawkeye's offer to take the bloody wrong size cassette off my hands, I'll contack you Hawkeye, Thanks All, Doh!
I have 7 spocket thingies on the rear of my Mongoose Manuever and I was thinking of upgrading to 8 thingies so I can tackle tougher terrain, maybe even Terrey Hills.
Can I test ride it to see if it makes a difference.
By the way I tried to unscrew my 7 spocket thingy but after nearly 20 minutes I gave up - am I doing something wrong?
Listen you imbecile firstly you spelt sprocket wrong and the only mongoose you could manoeuvre is a stuffed one on its knees.
As for up grading to an 8 speed don’t bother as I recon you couldn’t peddle free beer to a park full of drunks.
The reason you couldn’t unscrew your 7 sprocket thingy was because you were confusing it with your 7 cm thingy. But at least you are the right tool doing the tugging.
Thanks for the advice Beany
Pikey
Piky is that a "no" to the sprocket thingy
.. a gr8t post!!!
Bernd