Hi,
My bike has the standard rims still which uses formula 32H hubs. I want to upgrade my shimano 10 speed cassette to the sram gx eagle cassette and wondered if anyone knows if it's possible to put an XD driver on a formula hub?
Tar in advance!
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On one bike I also still have Formula hubs. The OEMs love these hubs ...- they are dirt cheap! But there is close to no chance for us bikers for getting spare parts for Formula hubs.
In theory: it might be possible - like with old Shimano XT hubs - to take the freehub off.
But better: to do service on the formula stuff and not more. Bike the hub as long as possible.
That's what I do. And then I go with DT 370 (low cost DT hub) and pick the DT freehubs I need.
I'am not an expert with Formula stuff so. Others might know more / have better ideas.
If it were me I’d use it as an opportunity to upgrade my hub...
As above. Trying to get parts for formula hubs can be a nightmare.parts are available but what out exactly what hub you have is the hard part.
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Best case is that maybe the source of the wheel (bike mfr?) may tell you what model Formula hub it is. Otherwise you’re in for a long time trying to match pictures to numbers trying to work out which hub you have. The three pawl Onyx/370 DT Swiss hub mentioned above isn’t a bad budget option. XD drivers for it are about £25... 😉
Thanks guys, yes I suspected as much. Also I just had it confirmed that for my particular hub, it's not possible to put an XD driver on it.
I'll use it until it dies.
Cheers!