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@TimLeB
Good advice there from the last post. If the wheels came off an old touring bike for instance it's probably threaded. I had a similar situation to work out myself a couple of months back. My hub was threaded but rather than go for a 'suicide' hub I screwed on a bmx freewheel with 16 teeth and run it as a single speed, I'd recomend running at least one brake if you go for this option! With no wheel building skills and limited cash you can buy a cheap freewheel and the shop mechanic charged me £30 to re-space and re-dish the wheel to get a good chain line. In defence of the suicide hub? I've not ridden one but I went to the bike track today and the guy that teaches under eighteens said to go for it as long as I ran a front brake as well he claimed they never used the lock rings on there club bikes(used for teaching)?