Shimano 12 speed hub body

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stringbean
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by stringbean

Anyone know if hub bodies will be available for other hubs in the future?
Seems a bit idiotic from shimano to only make it for DT Swiss.Kind of makes their market very small.
Would be nice if I could run it on my tune hubs but doesn’t seem there is much interest from other hub manufacturers to make the drivers.

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Klaster_1
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by Klaster_1

Well, there's I9 and Onyx too, surely it's only a matter of time before major manufacturers roll out more Microspline freehub bodies. Sucks if you already invested in a quality wheelset and can't put groupset of choice on.

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NickJHP
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by NickJHP

White Industries have engineered their way around Shimano's patent: https://bikerumor.com/2018/09/19/white- ... boost-hub/.

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Lelandjt
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by Lelandjt

It will be as common as XD in a couple years, once more groups than just XTR need it.

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stringbean
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by stringbean

I’m not so sure everyone else will follow suit.
As I understand XD technology was free while you have to pay to use the shimano microspline technology

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