Hi
Am looking at getting a set of wheels up for sale here on STW, the rear has a XD driver, spec is: 26 inch wheel set
Black Hope Pro 4 hubs 32 hole with XD driver
My question is can I use Shimano 11 cassette, rear mech, shifter etc ?
Or does it all have to be sram ?
Is there any way to replace the sram driver with a Shimano one ?
Am hoping the STWgurus can assist here - before I make a costly purchasing mistake 🙂
Thanks
XD driver will need an XD cassette.
Everything else is fine.
And yes, usually you can replace XD freehubs with Shimano.
You must replace the XD driver with a regular one; I would go [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hope-Pro-4-MTB-Rear-Hub-Steel-Freehub-Body-Brand-New-/172239425087 ]for the steel one[/url] to avoid the cassette chewing into the splines.
Thanks otsdr - what do you mean by regular one ? Is that Shimano or a generic ?
"Regular" as in non-XD. It is compatible with either Shimano 8-11spd cassettes, SRAM 8-10spd, Microshift... and so on.
Hope have them available in either aluminium (lighter) or steel (stronger).
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