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I just left my geared wheel as it is, took the 8-speed cassette off, slid a couple of gusset spacers on with the cog, shortened the chain, screwed the tensioner on, and viola, jobs done.
You might need to swap the front chain-ring over to the middle to get your chain-line right.
My chain-line is a bit off but with some luck some spacers should sort it out
here's mine