Re: [CR] LEFT HAND DRIVE

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

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From: "Fred Blasdel" <blasdelf@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:19:37 -0800
To: nelson miller <nelsmiller@msn.com>
Cc: classic rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] LEFT HAND DRIVE


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:45 PM, nelson miller <nelsmiller@msn.com> wrote:
> Straying a bit from the topic of the reversed photos of the Sekai, I once
> laced a NOS Maxi-Car hub into a new wheel and could not get a freewheel to
> go on it -- either British or French. With much investigation, it was
> discovered that the freewheel threads were left handed. I welcome anybody's
> explanation for this item other than "It's French" ..... :-)

It would absolutely make sense for a left-hand drive bike -- this hub only had threads on the one side?

What threading was it the reverse of?

The normal British freewheel thread is the same as the bottom-bracket, and with the left-threaded fixed cup there would already be tooling widely available for the reverse threads. Isn't the French freewheel slightly different from the french bottom-bracket? You'd still need Swiss to get the reverse threads anyway...

Maybe it's threaded for a drum brake on the right side for use as a front wheel on some bizzare constructuer tandem?

-- Fred Blasdel
-- Seattle, WA