Quote Originally Posted by madscot13 View Post
thanks. I was thinking that I would stick with the friction shifters. can I just pop a 5 speed freewheel on to any hub? I don't think it is that easy...
Any hub that takes a freewheel, which is different from the ones that take cassettes. With a freewheel hub, you can change the over-locknut-dimension (OLD) spacing and convert a 6-speed 126 mm OLD to a 5-speed 120 mm OLD if you need to. Probably have to redish though.