Bruce - Some anecdotal evidence: When I rode across the US in 1976, one of the guys in my group rode a French thread hub with English freewheel, and it worked ok until we got to the steep hills of the Appalachians. Then he stripped the threads off the hub and had to replace it. He was towing a trailer though so that is an extreme use. Then in 1982 riding in the Lakes District in England, we met a couple on a tandem who had a Maxicar brake hub. Said they had ridden through the Lakes Dist (where some of the hills are marked 1 in 3) the year before and stripped the threads off the hub, and then replaced it and were heading back to see if they could do it again. Also extreme use. Take your chances I guess!
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have used a Shimano freewheel on a NR hub labled "France 34.7 x 1"
ithout any Problems, and without any discernible damage to the threads
n a single bike.
Tobit Linke, Dortmund, Germany
> >I have a Maxi-Car tandem drum brake rear hub that I would like to
>know the freewheel threading compatability with existing vintage
>freewheels. I have Suntour Perfect (14-30 )freewheel that I would
>like to thread on. Would this fit or irreversibly damage the
>threads? It had a Maillard freewheel (French) that was on it but in
>an unusual 6 speed 13-19 configuration. A tight freewheel for a
>tandem!
> Anyway I wanted to know what the thread pitch is and/or which
>freewheels will work. BT
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>
>Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204
>(509) 747 4314
>Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com
Bob Freeman
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