It's a DT Swiss 350 hub used by Zerode taniwha, the guy says it's an older version of a single speed dt Swiss 350 but it looks like a standard dt Swiss 350google says single speeds don't rotate and make ratchet sounds but I'm still not sure if i can take off the sprocket and put on a MS hub
Can this Rear wheel for a Zerode gearbox bike sprocket be removed and used by a cassette
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by hogman62849
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Google is wrong. Single speeds ratchet; fixies are the ones that don’t move. It’s a standard hub and just needs the gates drive sprocket replaced with a cassette or single speed sprocket. Your research may be right in that it’s a single speed hub, which would be less compatible, but still usable in a single speed or maybe DH setup.
Usually Zerodes run a single-speed specific hub – this is usually a very short Shimano HG-like freehub body that can only fit a few sprockets. They are freewheeling hubs (so you get the ratcheting sound) but different widths than the standard hubs.
If you measure the width of the sprocket and spacers and it’s around 35mm then it’s a normal multi-speed hub and you’ll be able to swap a Microspline freehub body on. If it’s a lot shorter then it’s single-speed specific and you can’t.