Originally Posted by mx_599
So I am thinking if I did this to stay away from using the #1 and #8 cog? Then it would probably work good?
Yeah; that would probably work OK if you just kept the middle ring. It would be best if you just used 3,4,5, and 6, - at least as far as chain and gear life goes. I have a road bike set up as a 5 speed, using a single chainring in the outer position, and it's not really happy on the big cog in back... You can see that chain line is pretty far off.