Originally Posted by
dbakl
I believe there is English, Italian and French. Like headsets, the English and Italian are close enough to interchange, but you wouldn't want to be changing them back and forth. French is just French. Honestly, in 40 years of messing with old bikes I've only run into one French freewheel.
Haha. I've got 3 or 4. Don't know where they came from, though.
Rules:
English and Italian are interchangeable but when you put English on Italian, the hub threads are now English.
English and Italian will thread on to French hubs. Everything will seem fine until after a few miles. Then, the hub will most likely strip.
French will thread on to English and Italian but only if you force it. Get my drift?