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Got a hope Evo 2 hub with some nasty bites already from my SLX HG81 1-36, since I ride 99.5% on flatland I don't need the high gears and I'd rather take closer gearing and lower weight, so thinking of getting a SRAM PG-1030 11-28, PG-1050 11-28, SLX HG81 11-32 or XT CS-M771 11-32 cassette.
I also use tend to only use the 3 highest gears, so being able to replace the 3 smallest sprockets instead of the whole cassette would be a nice option - what cassettes could I easily / reasonably find those for?
Is any of the above much less likely to dig into the freehub than the others?
I just swapped a 1050 onto a new hope hub.
3 or 4 largest are on a spider, the others are all single steel gears with separate spacers. Â Worst case for the hub.
Looking for something better too.
If the freehub body is that badly damaged, you can replace it with a stainless steel version.
Went for the CS-M711 as replacement cogs are widely available (not the case for SRAM) and only 3 euros each, which means I could replace the 3 smallest cogs for 9 euros instead of the whole cassette. Interestingly I couldn't find SLX replacements either.
Anecdotally people say freehub bit is still a problem, but perhaps bit less so on the XT.