Wanted: Threaded rear wheel 27"

I want to replace my old 70s peugeot 5 speed rear derailleur for a single speed, but can't redish nor breaking the poor wheel/assembly all apart as I have no special tools. Having said this - and being a student - was wondering if there are any going for £40ish.

So am looking for a "new" rear wheel, 27" and with nothing on or a freewheel with 16t on already

Needs to be true!

Would also accept a flip/flop or threaded on both sides (would this be special?).

If you have a better idea with what I should do then say! The wheelset on at the moment are cheap replacements that came with the bike.

All the best!

i have a pair of 27" wheels, shimano hub/rigida superchromix rims, came off a 70s peugeot

no freewheel, nothing on, spin nice. £30

Nice but was looking for something "newer" / what are their condition? Worked for ages to get rid of the aging chrome ha ha could you PM a pic? Even a bad one.

you could always ask if you could borrow the tools and convert your rear wheel yourself....

You'd need a freewheel remover (specific to the freewheel that is on your wheel at the moment) and a spoke key to re-dish. Ideally you'd want to use a truing stand but it can be done in the bike frame.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread2775-11.html#post2590877

good luck!

cost = the price of a new singlespeed freewheel. (you might get a second hand one on here for around a tenner)

Yeah this is true and even Halfords or whatnot can do it for a few pounds.

Do I have to redish? It this important for getting the alignment or something?

*Bump any 27" rear wheels out there?

once you remove the freewheel there will be a big space on one side of your axel. To rectify that you need to respace the axel. For this you will need a couple more tools that I forgot about - Cone wrenches and a spanner for the locknuts (just a regular spanner the right size, or an adjustable).
Once you have respaced the axel you will need to redish the wheel as your rim will be offset to one side to make space for the old freewheel that was on there. Without redishing the rim will not be central between your brakes. By redishing so that the rim is central to the hub, you will make the wheel a lot stronger too.

I taught myself to do this with the help of the internets. Check this out-
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/columns/bobgarage/indexb.htm

chapters 5, 6 and 7 cover all of this but the rest is worth checking out too.

Also have a good rummage through Sheldon's site-

http://sheldonbrown.com/singlespeed.html

I could lend you the cone wrenches, spoke key and adjustable spanner for the price of a beer/biscuits if you like. The only other thing you would need would be a freewheel remover tool which I don't have.

This is all assuming you have a freewheel on there at the moment rather than a cassette. If you have a cassette then all you would need would be a conversion kit - no redishing needed.

Yeh I'm all over Sheldon, it's great someone/people have done that site. And I've seen the other too :)

I guess it was the case that I had neither set of tools so I thought I should go about it properly and then came across the compexities of it. Here's a pic of my rear cassette. The guys in Halfords near me helpfully told me they can't get it off anyway - too old?

The guys in Halfords near me helpfully told me they can't get it off anyway - too old?

I would say that nothing is too old to get off.... maybe just that halfords is perhaps not the best place to go.

Now I don't claim to be any sort of expert, and I'm the first to admit that I'm new to this level of bike mechanics too. So I just figured out the stuff I needed to with the parts I had.

I would say that's definitely a freewheel rather than a cassette (you can tell by spinning it, if the central bit of the mechanism stays still whilst the cogs spin it's freewheel). Also it's only 5 speed which means most likely freewheel I believe.

There are different tools to remove different types. I can't read what it says on it from the photo to identify it. Normally I think the tools fit into splines on the inside of the mech (near the axel) or notches.

Whatever tool it needs someone will have it - either on here or in an independent bike shop. Also there are community led places you can go and get help on bike maintenance and use tools for free. I've been to one in Hackney a couple of times and it was great, I hear there's one south too but I forget the name.