Originally Posted by
JonathanGennick
Similarly, the ability to swap the front wheel to the back of the bike used to often be listed as a selling point for Pugsleys. That's an example of someone inventing a seemingly-plausible problem that doesn't really exist in order to spin a design compromise as a selling point.
I don't know about a whole wheel but I've personally known two different teams who, on a week long tour, relaced a 40 hole front rim onto their rear hub, and purchased or borrowed an ordinary front wheel to finish the ride.