Thanks, Bob. Yeah, I don't mind that black, Shimano tagged cog so much. I never look at those things when riding....

But, I did read in another thread about Sunrace, yesterday, so looked them up. I found they had that wide range 8spd, but...oi!....I don't have any 8spd shifters. That being said, I have some 7spd Shimano thumbies with friction/indexing rear. I wonder, then, since I really prefer indexing offroad.....avoiding overshifting more.....if I could run the indexing option offroad limiting myself to only the gears I typically use offroad and, then, run friction on road allowing utilization of that 8th spd when desired. What do you think, Bob? I have read 7spd and 8spd were real close spacing.....close enough for "adequate" indexing.