Originally Posted by fuzz2050

just a word of caution doing it the second way [as mentioned by hillrider], i tried this not to long ago and found i had given myself a 'neutral' gear. If i threw the shifter really hard i could get it to jump off the last cog and rest on the spacer. Now, this usually wasn't a problem, but it didn't do me any good either (and i tried to think of a legitimate use). Then one day, i was sprinting from a traffic light, threw a hard shift and pow right into neutral.
Ate it pretty bad when the cranks suddenly offered no resistance. Although with indexed you will probably be ok.

Originally Posted by gene2308

wouldn't that only happen with your high limit stop too loose? No criticism meant, just honest curiosity.