Originally Posted by
jglen490
Good! I've been looking at some wheels on Ebay
The wheels at Harris Cyclery are on this page at the Sheldon Brown site .../harris/wheels/630.html
Of course, I'm open to looking elsewhere and am trying to do that. If getting a set with a new freewheel is necessary, then I can head towards that. I also realize that there is a specialty tool required to remove the Suntour gear set from my current wheel. That would be O.K. too - I do have some mechanical skills. I'd just rather avoid having to do building a set of wheels from bare parts - rims, spokes, axles, bearings. That's a leap too far for now.
Those eBay wheels have an axle nut instead of a quick release on the back - what do you have now?
If your existing freewheel is OK and you can get it off, there's no need for a new one.
When looking at used wheels, get the actual brand and model of the rims so you can look them up for width and materials - a lot of people selling them won't know what they have.