Originally Posted by
Jacque Lucque
Not quite so. The vast majority of modern freehubs have spacing for 9 speed cassette's and if you wish to run 8, you use a spacer in it's place.
I think everyone covered it and you've got it figured out now, BUT just to be clear the above information is incorrect. 8/9/10 speed Shimano cassettes all use the same freehub body, and actually the only cassette to use a spacer is the 10 speed because it is just a bit narrow. You cannot add another cog onto an 8S cassette. You can, however, run your 9S DA bar-end shifters in friction mode if you really want to use up that cassette you have.
Originally Posted by
Jacque Lucque
I know this is one of those questions that generates a lot of hate so I will keep it succinct;
? Not sure what you're referring to here. It's really a matter of correct vs incorrect on well established facts. Not like those chain lube threads...