Originally Posted by
aquateen
i was under the assumption that freewheel conversions were possible without redishing a wheel but maybe people were mistaking them for freehubs.
Maybe they were talking about doing a ghetto conversion. That's where you leave all the parts in place except the derailleurs/shifters. You would simply shorten the chain and run it from the middle chainring to the cog in back that would give the best chainline. Do you have the link to the info you read? It's hard to say what they were talking about without reading it myself. The bottom line is, you can do just about anything to a bike you want. Is it going to work well? That's the question.