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Originally Posted by lz4005
If you search the archives you'll find several who have. jimv most notably has some beautiful 700c coaster bikes.

Earlier this year I had a Steamroller built up with a Shimano E-type coaster hub. The only minor problem was having to use extra thick tandem spokes because the holes in the hub were too big for regular ones.
Many CB hubs come drilled for the fatter 12ga spokes. Lots of cruiser style bikes were built w/ coasters and these heavy spokes. Ths is what lz4005 is talking about.

You can use 14ga spokes in thpse hubs without any problem.
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