Bad idea, Csuka's "endorsement" notwithstanding. It will work as a last resort, but it truly will be the last freewheel you ever put on that hub.
It will certainly ruin the threads on an aluminum hub, and probably even those on a steel hub. The diameter difference is less than English-Italian, so not particularly worrisome. The pitch difference is what worries me; at least English and Italian are the same.
Greg Reiche CyclArt Vista, CA USA
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Jan Heine Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 7:54 PM To: thomasthomasa@yahoo.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Are new French threaded freewheels possible?
At 12:46 PM -0700 8/8/08, Thomas Adams wrote:
>Dear List:
>
>This month's frustration is with the 3-4 sets of elegant hubs I have sittin
>g around the bench that I don't want to build into wheels because they are
>french threaded and it's difficult to impossible to get usable freewheels f
>or them. By usable I mean 5 speed 14-26 through 14-30 tooth. Ultra si
>x spaced freewheels in these sizes and french threads would make me turn ha
>ndsprings, but I know that's not going to happen.
I have heard of many people using BSC freewheels on FR hubs, with a bit of Teflon tape to take up the difference. Ernest Csuka of Cycles Alex Singer even did it on his tandem!
I haven't tried it... but I eventually may have to do so myself.
Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly 140 Lakeside Ave #C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.bikequarterly.com _______________________________________________
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