Thanks Manny!
So, @Pearl had a texting battle about cassette compatibility and it turns out that it is the shimano 11spd road cassettes are what didn't work on 8/9/10 HG hub bodies (at least in many cases). If you care, Lennard Zinn has it well documented. However, I was curious about Pearls claim of XT 11 speed fitting on 8/9/10 HG hub bodies. So I dug out the 10 spd C24 i had and an XT 11 speed cassette I just took off my son's bike and it did fit.
Also, SLX 11 speed cassettes use the same spiders as the XT, so they would be compatible also and are only 40 grams heavier. 10 of those grams are the steel lockring compared to the alum on the XT.
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To further help Manny, I ran that Voodoo i had with 10 speed 11/25. I ran a 42 and a 46 and found the 46 limiting with the 25, however with a 32 it would be more feasible.
Any bad cross chain action? What’s the smol cog size?