At 11:25 PM 18/03/2008 -0700, ternst wrote:
> I was going to respond and forgot. Here's my take:
>One always takes a chance when putting a freewheel albeit a single on the
>narrow track hub thread section.
>Chances are it will be OK, but an aluminum hub is risky and a steel hub mght
>be OK.
>Personally I wouldn't do it.
>The thread stress from the freewheel might be just too much for the hub to
>hold especially under hard riding, and you may ruin a hard to replace
>treasured hub.
>You takes your chances. A 3/4/5 speed freewheel, hub suicide, a single
>freewheel, chancy, especially on an alloy hub.
>Not on any of my bikes on my watch, neither a recommendation.
I thought about that too, but how would it be any different than the torque from a single fixed cog? In fact, a fixed cog (with a lockring) would stress the hub threads in both directions alternately, unlike a freewheel. Well, okay, maybe a multi speed freewheel would stress the threads when the chain is on the small cog, but not a single speed.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada