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Old 02-17-09, 07:45 PM
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I have a Profile BMX Hub,

https://www.profileracing.com/profile...product_14.jpg

and a White Industries Freewheel,

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/i...eewheel600.jpg

But the threading on the Hub is less than that on the Freewheel. Weren't the hubs designed to take a regular sized freewheel? Why wouldn't Profile make hubs that fully engage the freewheel?
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not if the freewheel is too big
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Isn't the WI freewheel standard size?
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in that picture, the thing 18 teeth... not exactly standard
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I think that Streetrider has misunderstood the question, both the freewheel and the hub have standard threading.

I think that the freewheel probably threads on fine but the threaded portion of the hub is quite short so that there is quite a bit of the threaded section of the freewheel that is not actually in contact with the hub. I am not sure that this is actually a problem, there is probably enough contact to hold the freewheel. Some of the guys I race with use the same Profile hub with White freewheels and they don't seem to have any issue with it.
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