Not factory, of course. It's just that I've developed a thing for coaster brakes and skinny tires. I'm gonna single handedly make this fad replace the whole fixy thing.
So someone put this lovely old frame in the neighborhood dump. I thought I'd made it clear that all shiny 58cm Raleighs were to be brought to my house for careful inspection before being put there. Actually, it looked pretty bad at that point. I should have taken a before pic. All of the 10 speed parts were rusty and ugly. It was really dirty, too. I didn't think that the paint would be this nice under all that.
You've seen this wheelset before on some of my other frames. It's a New Departure hub (Thanks again, Rudi!) laced into a pair of decent steel rims.
The seat was on clearance sale at Nashbar for $17. It's vinyl. I wish I'd bought a dozen for flip bikes. They look great and they're pretty comfy.
I'll probably make this bike back into a 10 speed. I'm liking the way it rides. Not too different from my Supercourse or my Competition, though heavier. Good fun for now, though.

You could start a new fad with that Sailorbenjamin. (An eminently practical one for a lot of people)

The only thing you lack is a leather hub shiner!

Think S/A two speed kickback hub with a coaster.....that would be soo sweet!

Of course! Why didn't I think of that?

I just picked one of those up! I can't wait to lace it up. Just haven't had the time to build a wheel lately.

Love the minimalist look of it-loose those mini (useless) fenders/shine or paint the hub-just great! Coaster hubs from the learning to ride days/you never forget-haha. I too see a trend in the making.....

A coastie! Looks like a fun simple ride.

Very nice! Love the old Raleigh crank.

Yeah, I'm thinking a 2-speed kick back would make for a nice path racer/commuter. "But Honey, I don't have 2-speed bike."

Anybody tried one of the old Bendix units? Gearing thoughts?

David

I actually am putting a coaster brake hub on my Carlton Super Race, though it's going to have 9 speeds to accompany it. The deal on the hub was simply too good to pass up as the hub, shifter and HubBub dropbar adapter were only around $150. Let's get this coaster thing rolling sailorbenjamin!

But can you still lay out those 10 foot "s" skids down the driveway?

Nice bike, but re-inventing the wheel. Back around 1977 my brother had a drop bar Raleigh with a 3 speed SA & coaster brake. Can't remember the model.

Now, all you need is an infernal earworm for when you're riding it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw9ODIZj40w

I think these are great ideas. I would, however, add a front brake and lever for control.

BTW, some evidence that this movement has been in progress for a couple of years: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ke-revolucion!

I ran a skinny tire Bendix 2 speed manual coaster hub with a Schwinn Continental. It was a hoot! Reminded me of being a kid again.

Are you kidding? Coaster braked bikes are the original skid kings!

Interesting....



The kickback wheel I got for this project didn't have a coaster brake.

i had a single coaster brake hub on my 85 trek road bike for a while. i stripped the front brake too and was surprised when a couple of kids remarked that i was riding it clipless. it never occurred to me not to.

if found it a little fussy around town, having to reposition my back wheel at most of the stoplights. and i had to be pretty quick about getting in and out of the pedals too! plus the hub (an SA) was kind of heavy, and rough running, and the manufacturing tolerances were none too close either.

Don't coaster brake hubs have a lot of internal friction?

Only when you pedal backwards.

[QUOTE=55 Traveler;14060664Anybody tried one of the old Bendix units? Gearing thoughts?[/QUOTE]
I've heard one guy say that the yellow band hubs (with internal expanding shoes) are better than the red band hubs (with multiplate clutches). They all get good reviews but they only use Bendix sprockets and they are only available in a couple of sizes.
9 speed coaster? Do tell!
Ooooh Baaby!
Yeah, Absolutely right. I usually add that after the initial photo shoot
Yeah, and some more than others. I should do a little more reading on that.

theoretically they should have less than traditional freehub rear hubs i think, but between the dragging brake shoes (this is not true on some designs) and the thick grease (again, it can be minimized depending on how much maintenance is involved) and the poor tolerances and cheap internal components (which could be addressed easily if some enterprising soul chose to do a little redesigning and had an eye out for lightweight materials) they do have more friction.

the big problem, as far as i can tell, is that engineering designs are more than a century old and have shown little change since. too bad.

braking on mine was WAAAAY easy to skid on. modulation was touchy to say the least. of course it may have had to do with the 100PSI 23mm slick on the back!