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Hey guys,
Quick bit of advice, I have bought a XT M8000 Cassette etc to replace my broken SRAM XO1. Do I need to buy a Alloy Free hub body or steel?
Hub
Cassette
Thanks
Either. Alu is much lighter, but your loose cassette sprockets will dig in a bit. IMO it's a bit of a non issue, so I'd get alu. If you want it to be much tougher and don't care about weight then get steel.
Alternatively you may find someone wants to swap your XD Driver for a normal freehub body.
If you get alloy, the cassette spider must be alloy. XT should be fine there. It will still dig in a little, but it's similar materials.
Also ensure you only use alloy lockrings (again, you should get one with XT). I've had an alloy freehub strip itself and fairly sure it was down to a steel lockring eating alloy threads.
Steel freehub, no worries. Just a little heavier but doubt you'd notice.
Thanks all,
Ordered the alloy.... fair well the lightness of SRAM XO1 welcome the heavy yet hopefully stronger world of XT
How much do you want for the SRAM XD driver freehub?