Originally Posted by
Al1943
The vast majority of 6-speeds are freewheels. Shimano did build Uniglide 5-speed and 6-speed cassettes in the late 70's and 80's according to Sheldon Brown. I have worked on my brother-in-law's 6-speed cassette.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
Don't know what I was thinking about - I bought a Schwinn Super LeTour in 1979 that came with a six speed freehub.
Of course,
most six speeds were freewheels.
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