Houseface Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 hey, i had and idea the other day. when you buy 16t and up freewheels they usually have a bigger thread/hole or whatever you want to call it than the 15t and down ones, therefor needing a different size hub thread and a different hub. my idea was that , why dont you get a small threaded hub first, and whichever free wheel size, but if you want to buy the bigger ones buy a kind of spacer thing to goinbetween the hub thread and freewheel to fill the gap. would it work?has is already been done? :D steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 (edited) hey, i had and idea the other day. when you buy 16t and up freewheels they usually have a bigger thread/hole or whatever you want to call it than the 15t and down ones, therefor needing a different size hub thread and a different hub. my idea was that , why dont you get a small threaded hub first, and whichever free wheel size, but if you want to buy the bigger ones buy a kind of spacer thing to goinbetween the hub thread and freewheel to fill the gap. would it work?has is already been done? :D steve. So basicly your thinking of a screw on ring that's thredded. Good idea, but alot of hubs come with both threds on nowadays. And it would be quite anoying having a small thred on your hub, and then having to buy someting else just to put a fixed cog on. Plus very little people use smaller freewheels anyway. And that smaller thred can also be used for screw on disc mounts. Edited November 9, 2005 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseface Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 so it would work, but people wouldnt want it? what if they had a smaller freewheel/hub and wanted a bigger freewheel, they would probably want to spend about a 5er for a metal threaded ring than a new hub and a wheelbuild. steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Its a good idea mate but the problem is that the majority of hubs that have the small thread on them are 'flip-flop' hubs meaning they have bothe threads, one on each side and you just 'flip' the wheel round to use the other size thread, so if you are using the smaller thread, then chances are that you could just flip your wheel round rather than buy an adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 so it would work, but people wouldnt want it? what if they had a smaller freewheel/hub and wanted a bigger freewheel, they would probably want to spend about a 5er for a metal threaded ring than a new hub and a wheelbuild. steve. You can't buy hubs with just the smaller thred on, they either have both, or just the big threds. Making your idea useless really, i can't think of a reason why anyone would use them if they were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 You can't buy hubs with just the smaller thred on, they either have both, or just the big threds. Making your idea useless really, i can't think of a reason why anyone would use them if they were made. You can buy them with just the smaller one on, but you have to specify that you want that (there are hubs out there, e.g. G-Sport's). However, if you specified you wanted a smaller thread, then decided you didn't, you'd deserve to have to buy a new hub for being that stupid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Its a good idea mate but the problem is that the majority of hubs that have the small thread on them are 'flip-flop' hubs meaning they have bothe threads, one on each side and you just 'flip' the wheel round to use the other size thread, so if you are using the smaller thread, then chances are that you could justy flip our wheel round rather than buy an adapter. Ahhh but the hubs already been flipped, you need to flop it now :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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