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Old 04-05-12 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by hamfoh
what are your thoughts on mounting a freewheel on the fixed side of a hub? Richard (Wabi) and Ben (velomine) both advertise their wheels with that being a selling point, but I basically had a LBS mechanic try to chew my head off for doing it, complaining about the lack of threads, saying I'm going to kill myself, etc
Hogwash. You can most certainly mount a freewheel on fixed threading.
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