Originally Posted by
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... Has anyone here tried using modern chain on any of the pre-uniglide Shimano freewheels? I have one here that is only a 14-24t and so doesn't have any skip-tooth cogs, but it's essentially the same freewheel as the bigger ones with skip tooth larger cogs. It came off another mid-70's Viscount.
I use SRAM PC-58 chains on most of my bikes, irrespective of the vintage or tooth profile of the freewheel.
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