FS: I9 Hydra HG Freehub (NIB)

**Dantheman** · 04-28-2022, 02:52 PM

This is probably a long shot since I'm guessing not many people with fancy hubs are running a HG-compatible cassette. But, like the title says, I have a NIB I9 Hydra freehub body I'm looking to part with. Retail for these looks to be about $200, so, $100 OBO shipped.

**Boissal** · 04-28-2022, 09:26 PM

Are HG-compatible cassettes not fancy? Asking for... me who's running XT on a Hydra. Trying to decide if I need a back up freehub or if I just want to have it...

**One (+) Sentence** · 04-29-2022, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by Boissal

Are HG-compatible cassettes not fancy? Asking for... me who's running XT on a Hydra. Trying to decide if I need a back up freehub or if I just want to have it...

Oh, HG cassettes are plenty fancy - so long as you are running a 8-11 speed Shimano cassette (or a SRAM NX 12spd, I suppose.)

They are not fancy enough for Shimano 12 speed.

**Dantheman** · 04-29-2022, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Boissal

Are HG-compatible cassettes not fancy? Asking for... me who's running XT on a Hydra. Trying to decide if I need a back up freehub or if I just want to have it...

XTR CS-M9001 cassettes are pretty fancy, there's a Ti cog!

Are you really running 11 sp XT? If so, you definitely need this. If you have 12 sp XT you still need it--surely there's somewhere in your house where you could use a blingy $100 paperweight.

**grskier** · 04-29-2022, 10:56 AM

I still rock 11 speeds... just don't have that blingy of a hub. I hacked a 370 into a 350 before there was a kit and added the 54... thinking that it would blow up at some point and I'd have an excuse to go blingy... but, so far so good.