Originally Posted by
bikemore
What are you referring to? You are mixing the semantics a bit and that makes it harder to answer your question. A freewheel hub will work with a 5 speed freewheel. People will put a single speed freewheel on a 120 freewheel hub.
A track hub will have a different size threaded area. When people say they
have a Single Speed bike they usually are referring to a single speed freewheel
on a freewheel hub. If they say they have a Fixed Gear they are usually referring
to fixed gear on a track hub - this won't work with a 5 speed freewheel.
Thank you, I totally had that confused.
I meant to say A freewheel Hub with a 5 Speed Freewheel, not a track hub.
I've got another related question. When I put the old rear wheel on my bike tonight I noticed that when i've got the wheel set straight in the dropouts, it sits about 5mm off center to the left. I checked it against another rear hub I have, both are 120mm spacing, and the other hub sits dead center in the dropouts. It looks like the Outer Lock Nuts are spaced differently on the two.
How do I fix this?
is there an article anyone can point me to please?