What's going on here then?
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craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
Jubilee Clip (pedant alert) - bodge job...
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
As @craigwend has put it's a bodge.
There should be a lockring there. But if the lockring thread is stripped then maybe a jubilee clip might do the trick.
There should be a lockring there. But if the lockring thread is stripped then maybe a jubilee clip might do the trick.
Specialeyes
Guru
Clearly a valuable, rare prototype!
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Chris S
Legendary Member
Is this a freehub? (as opposed to a freewheel)
Would it be possible to fit a freewheel instead?
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
Looking at the age it might take a threaded freewheel, unless the thread is stripped hence the jubilee clip. But either way it'd be a single speed one as there's nowhere for a rear derailleur that I can see.
The rear dropout also seems to have some sort of bodge. I wonder if it had a Sturmey Archer set-up previously?
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Chris S
Legendary Member
Yes - the seller said they'd removed the hub gears. It's fairly local and bidding has stalled at a fiver so I might buy it.
Jump in quick before they add L’eroica and rare and vintage into the description and ask £500 for it
tyred
Squire
Looks to me like someone has made a single speed using an old freehub (or possibly a Shimano type threaded freewheel body) by removing the unwanted sprockets and putting on what looks like Sturmey sprocket and putting on a Jubilee clip to keep it in place. It would work but won't win any beauty prizes.
