himano rear de-raileur short to long cage ????

[SKT]

I am running a short cage rear de-raileur on my D8 with a roadie cluster and a 32t up front.
I have a Deore long cage that I carry in the spares bag for emergency only until I can get hold of another roadie rear de-raileur. I was wondering when I have to go plan B if I trash the current de-raileur, would I have to put a few extra links in the chain due to the long cage and how many would you suggest????

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P.S. The Topic title is supposed to be Shimano but the edit feature wont let me fix it.

[BigStonz]

Maybe 2 more links. Depending on your current chain length, it probably wont be a big deal if you leave it the way it is....especially if you want to get another Short cage soon

[Stinky Boy]

I tried going from a short cage to a long cage and it had my de-raileur all streched out. You would need to add some links.

[DHS]

when plan B comes around, just run it in the higher(smaller) gears till you get home to fix it.

[SKT]

Cheers guys