Originally Posted by
HillRider
OK, I guess I had the widths reversed but it wasn't "idiocy", it was an attempt to make the chains that shifted better for specific applications. There was no reason for Shimano to be concerned if their chains were compatible with SRAM links.
I say "idiocy" for having two different incompatible 8s systems. If they want to make changes when they go to more speeds, fine, but incompatible systems of the same speed are just a PITA when replacing parts. I'm not talking about compatibility with other mfgrs, but with their own parts.