need source for 48 spoke hubs

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BigBlue

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Yikes,

going to be hard finding at reasonable price. Surly Polo hubs were the cheapest I've found. I believe this has a freewheel on both sides (flipflop?).

http://www.rememberdelaware.com/p-87413-surly-polo-rear-hub-black-48h.aspx

Seller is slow, but prices are great. You can call Surly and ask them directly if this would work with your 7 speed freewheel.

I went with 48h Staton on the rear since his has a left handed freewheel. On the front, I went with 48h White Industries since I wanted at least one disc brake.

Good luck,

Chris
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mat_man

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I have four 48 spoke fronts and 2 rears wheels off of 20" BMX bikes. One coaster, one single speed. Cost per bike $4 at Goodwill.
 

mat_man

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Ibedayank

From Sheldon Brown:

A single-speed (BMX) freewheel is a modular unit, consisting of a single sprocket and its associated freewheel (coasting) mechanism. These have standard 1.37" x 24 tpi threads, and fit on any hub that takes a thread-on freewheel. This includes BMX hubs, track hubs, and multi-speed freewheel hubs.

I think the OCC chopper will accept multi speed freewheel.
 

BigBlue

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Ibedayank,

How about buying a set of bmx 48h hubs and welding a slice into the hub. Of course you'd have to replace the axles. I don't know if'd work - $25.00 and some change.

Here's a cheap set on Ebay:

http://tinyurl.com/6oplho5

Chris
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