Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - DA hub help

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JonnyHK
09-22-09, 07:02 AM
I've struggled to find a clear answer to this in my searches of the forum and the web...

Is it possible to put a single speed free wheel on this model of Dura Ace hub (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250500345498&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_869wt_1110)?

FH-7400 6 speed freehub - threaded for ye-olde style rear gear freewheel.

queerpunk
09-22-09, 07:15 AM
Yes. If it's threaded for a freewheel then it's not a freehub. A freehub is where the ratcheting mech is built into the hub body, and a splined cassette body made up of splined cogs slides on to the freehub body.

If it's threaded for a freewheel, then you can thread a freewheel on it, whether that freewheel has one cog or 6 cogs.
JonnyHK
09-22-09, 07:37 AM
Yes.

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If it's threaded for a freewheel, then you can thread a freewheel on it, whether that freewheel has one cog or 6 cogs.

Thanks.

That much I worked out, but I just wasn't sure about stuff like the threading and if that was compatible with the modern/commonly available single speed freewheels.