Zeus parts marked Metric are French thread, English threaded Zeus parts are marked BSC on the package. I have LOTS of Zeus stuff, and I have NEVER seen an exception to this. In addition, most Zeus English hubs will be marked BSC on the hub shell itself. French hubs will have no such mark. The package can always be mismarked, or not the original package, but if the hub is not marked BSC, and the package is marked "Metric", it is a 90% probability that installing and riding an English FW will ruin that hub. Get a French FW and try to install it. If it goes on without undue force, that is the proper FW. Leave it on or replace it with another French FW.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> Howdy Campers,
>
> I also have a pair of Zeus hubs which are marked 'Metric' on the box, so I
> decided to see just how an ISO freewheel fits vis-a-vis a French Hub
(Normandy).
>
> The ISO FW goes on the Zeus fairly snug and gets nice and tight, with no
> sloppiness at akk, before it comes up against the shoulder of the hub.
Requires a
> freewheel remover to come off with only hand pressure.
>
> Same freewheel on the Normandy: Goes on easily all the way to the hub
> shoulder and is sloppy - definitely a French hub. I conclude that this
Zeus
> 'Metric' hub is not French threaded. I certainly would have no concerns
about using
> an ISO freewheel with this hub <Zeus>.
>
> Maybe this is something similar to the TA pedal thread/thread several
months
> ago??
>
> YMMV (quoting Mr. H. Sachs!)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chuck Brooks
> Malta, NY