Cool. I might go ahead and order the HG61 then in the next few days. I rode at a new trail today and made it all the way through the "expert" section (woo!), but man was it tempting to pop it into the granny gear at some points! I never did, but on some of the longer uphills I was just
dreaming about a lower cogset
.
So again, just to clarify, I could buy the HG61, disassemble my current cassette for the spacers, and install 8 of the HG61 gears (the largest 8, most likely) on my hub with the original 8-speed spacers?