Originally Posted by
Velo Dog
One of many reasons I bought up a lifetime supply of eight-speed cassettes when they started disappearing from stores. Just more damn trouble than it's worth for non-racers.
You also want to stock up on shifters.
I upgraded from 9 to 10 cogs after a discontinued spring broke in my 1996 Campagnolo Chorus levers and new 9 speed levers which had the same functionality were no longer available.
I have a spare set of NOS 10 cog Ultrashift levers so that's less likely to happen this time around.