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Old 05-30-11 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by flayz
and yes my rims are kinda bad, like theres a bit of rust on the spokes and it kinda fused it with the nipple so i cant really true my rims 100% perfect

so if i find a wheel with a same hub or something or build one, i can just use my old 5 speed cassette?
Yes.

But I'm almost certain you have a freewheel, not a cassette. The difference is important: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/free-k7.html

To use your original freewheel you just need a rear hub that accepts thread-on freewheels, not a (newer) freehub that accepts cassettes.
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