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.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
California, USA
> No problems at all. Go for it!!
>
> Jeff Wybrow
> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
>
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>>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:52:11 -0400
>>From: "Paul Williams" castell5@sympatico.ca>
>>To: "Classic Rendezvous" classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>>Subject: [CR]Setting up a single-spd FW on a fixed hub!?
>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Some experienced advice needed here - can a single-speed freewheel be
>>set up on one side of a fixed-fixed hub? If so, are there any issues
>>which should be considered? Any problems?
>>
>>TIA.
>>
>>Paul Williams,
>>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada