Originally Posted by
HTupolev
I've thought about it. For the time being, I want to keep this relatively minimal... If I do put new wheels together, I might re-space the rear end and also switch to 700c.
The freewheel resisted my efforts to service it today, though. The cone is stuck tight.
You might be able to source a used rear 27" wheel from Bike works fairly cheaply if the cup continues to be an issue and you can probably find a standard metric threaded one that will take a standard metric FW (ie not French) they tend to have wheels in the warehouse iirc.