8 speed on direct drive

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  1. confirm that you can run the 8 speed cassette on the trainer (there is another thread around here somewhere discussing it—I think it’s just a matter of using the appropriate number/amount of spacers behind the cassette on the trainer so that your derailleur is correctly aligned with the cassette).

  2. If you want the on/off trainer transfer to be as easy as possible, make sure you get a second, matching cassette for the trainer (i.e. so that you have one permanently on the trainer and one on the bike).

  3. At this point, getting your bike on/off the trainer is really nothing more than getting your rear wheel on/off the bike. You mount your bike’s rear dropouts on the trainer just like you would mount them onto the hub-ends of your rear wheel.

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