>>2. remove all cogs from your 6/7 speed freewheel but one, and use it as a SS freewheel. You might
>> not have to redish the wheel. (this alternative is not on Sheldon Brown's web site)
Pete Geurds wrote:
> He covers this in the cassette section. But why waste a good 6 or 7 speed FW? I use the 5 speed
> Suntours (or clones) I get off dumpster bikes.
Right! That's what I have on my Hercules and on my fixed-gear tandem.
See:
http://sheldonbrown.org/hercules.html
and:
http://sheldonbrown.org/bicycle.html#piccio
(though I don't believe I've ever actually _ridden_ the tandem with the wheel turned to the
freewheel side...)
> Of course it helps a lot if you can get by on a 17 or 20 tooth cog.
If the cogs are worn, you can flip 'em over and use the unworn side of the teeth, too!
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