I had a bike like this and upgraded the wheels but just put together new ones from stuff found locally. Is the front hub ok? How many spokes in the front wheel? If you search the forums (try the Bike mecanic forums) you`ll find it described that if you find or buy a rim with same amount of holes as the old one you first loosen all the spokenipples in the wheel and then put the new rim on top of the old wheel. Match the spokeholes exactely and mowe the spokes over to the new rim one by one. Secure the spoke with the nipple the whole way around. Then true the wheel or have somebody do it.


Maybe same could be done to rear wheel but remove or ignore the drum brake thingy and add caliper if possible (pix needed)?

It should be possible to buy a rear wheel or you need to bild or have one built. Is it IGH or der geared bike? Mine was a three speed hub with coaster brake. That way the whole rear brake problem was solved.

To be sure we give you a correct answer to the caliper question we need pictures of the bike and close up pictures of where the brakes would be atatched since not all frames have pre drilled holes for mounting caliperbrakes.