Mikey, as Andrew said, if you've got the tools, parts and knowledge, then it's just time experimenting. Good thing is, if you like the better chainline, you have a few option, especially if you like less amount of gears/cogs - you could either...buy and build a new rear wheel with an SS/Trials hub and fit about 7-8 11spd cogs on there, OR you could get the 148x12 drop outs and build a new wheel for that. Chainline improvement would be quite a bit more going the SS/Trials hub route, but still think going to 148 would help quite a bit with chainline and overall wheel stiffness _(does anyone do a 148 SS/Trials hub?)_, maybe only drop on cog (11t) from an 11spd cassette and put a spacer behind to just move it out that extra 3 or so MM.
Unfortunately Banshee dropped the 150x12 drop out option for the V2 drop outs, or you could have gone with them and a 150 DH hub meant to only run 7 cogs, for ultimate stiffness and perfect chainline. Below is a pick of my Phantom with the 150x12 drop outs and corresponding hub, running a 9spd cassette and you can see that in the middle cog, the chainline is about as perfect as it gets. This running an older M760 crank with the ring in the middle/51 CL position.
March 19, 2022, 12:13 p.m. - Lynx .
Mikey, as Andrew said, if you've got the tools, parts and knowledge, then it's just time experimenting. Good thing is, if you like the better chainline, you have a few option, especially if you like less amount of gears/cogs - you could either...buy and build a new rear wheel with an SS/Trials hub and fit about 7-8 11spd cogs on there, OR you could get the 148x12 drop outs and build a new wheel for that. Chainline improvement would be quite a bit more going the SS/Trials hub route, but still think going to 148 would help quite a bit with chainline and overall wheel stiffness _(does anyone do a 148 SS/Trials hub?)_, maybe only drop on cog (11t) from an 11spd cassette and put a spacer behind to just move it out that extra 3 or so MM. Unfortunately Banshee dropped the 150x12 drop out option for the V2 drop outs, or you could have gone with them and a 150 DH hub meant to only run 7 cogs, for ultimate stiffness and perfect chainline. Below is a pick of my Phantom with the 150x12 drop outs and corresponding hub, running a 9spd cassette and you can see that in the middle cog, the chainline is about as perfect as it gets. This running an older M760 crank with the ring in the middle/51 CL position. 