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Yeah the old road bike has horizontal dropouts, been watching plenty of youtube so as far as I can tell the conversion is simply a case of stripping the bike of all geared baggage, getting some shorter crank bolts so I can modify the existing chainset.
Just to clarify I don't own the wheel pictured, I found it for sale online and I'm trying to work out if it's suitable for me. That's the only clear picture of the rear hub on the ad.
The ad says this, roughly translated:
"The cassette is designed for 6-way circuits. The front hub is by Araya, the rear hub from Shimano."
If it is a freewheel rather than a freehub, am I going to have difficulty converting to singlespeed?