Originally Posted by pstock

Maybe I should check the actual build date with BF, but my own BF dates from my 40th birthday and that was 17 years ago so, 1997. And it came with a Sachs internal 3S rear hub with a Shimano 105 8S setup.

So I am surprised that this -- if it was from 2009 -- would come standard (and restricted to) 7S .

I might well just leave it well enough alone at 7S (which is exactly what my wife said of course - "why are you messing with it?")
but I was curious to see if it could not be easily optimized.
I didn't even know there existed a 7S Freehub. I thought it all started with 8S minimum.