Originally Posted by
invisiblehand
Excellent advice from all.
On my SA 8 hub, I have found that when my hub in tune for all 8 gears, the arrow is on the high end of the two lines; i.e., I use the barrel adjuster to shorten the housing.
Someone else also made a similar observation ... I believe in the Mini thread.
Although I have a Mini, I switched from a 48 to a 44t chainring for a little lower gearing.
High end being towards the front of the bike? I haven't had any slippage problems on my VIIIH, but I rarely go above second gear (I haven't decided if really low gears are more important to me than a chaincase or not).