Derek, been on a 29er since 2007, rode normal 135 hubs until 2008 when I got my Hope Pro2 SS/Trials hub and built it up as a dishless 29er wheel. I could easily run 6 9 speed cogs with the biggest being 34t, figure if you go with a more modern 11-42, 10 or 11spd cassette, then you could easily do 7 or even 8. With the spider machined off 5mm from the back of a 9spd 11-34 cassette I easily ran 7 cogs. Could fit 8 cogs, but 8th wasn't really engaged with the machined spider, but with closer spacing of 10 or 11 or even 12 speed, easy as pie to fir 8> cogs.
March 10, 2022, 3:28 p.m. - Lynx .
Derek, been on a 29er since 2007, rode normal 135 hubs until 2008 when I got my Hope Pro2 SS/Trials hub and built it up as a dishless 29er wheel. I could easily run 6 9 speed cogs with the biggest being 34t, figure if you go with a more modern 11-42, 10 or 11spd cassette, then you could easily do 7 or even 8. With the spider machined off 5mm from the back of a 9spd 11-34 cassette I easily ran 7 cogs. Could fit 8 cogs, but 8th wasn't really engaged with the machined spider, but with closer spacing of 10 or 11 or even 12 speed, easy as pie to fir 8> cogs.  