coaster brake fun
 

I am thinking about putting a coaster brake wheel on for fun, but am having trouble finding a good hub for the 120 spacing on my track bike. Anyone know about this ebay setup? I think hills might be out of the question. It is a New York shop selling prebuilt wheels. Any ideas welcome.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7145654726

Those guys at NYC Bikes need to start send me comission checks ... at least once a month I reassure people that these are decent wheels (use the search thingy for other people's comments).

I put one of these on my slow ride but its speed has nothing to do with the wheel - unfortunately my BB shell is slowly eating itself (long story). I'll admit that I haven't pushed it too hard and that I have no other coaster brake wheel to compare it to but everything seems works just fine. I wouldn't worry about hills any more than you normally would on a single speed (which, for me, is not at all). It comes with an 18t cog but I bet you could talk them into something else if you wanted.

Also, don't feel like you have to get it off the Bay. They usually have them in stock at the store and most places in CT aren't that far from the city right? I picked mine up while visiting friends and it gave me an excuse to bum around Brooklyn for a while.

I don't think I've seen a modern 32h coaster brake hub. I think that's a typo.

the one i got from them is a 36h. so, yeah, that might be a typo.

There is a cheap, no-name Tiawainese made Shimano E-type knock off that is made with 32 hole flanges.

Ask them, i bet it can be respaced to 120 with no probs.

I ordered that wheel for a buddy straight off their site, and it seems decent. No problems with the transaction, but it took a week to get it from Brooklyn to me in central NJ.

i've had both good and bad expierences with them

Thanks for the headsup. Next time I take my wife to Peter Luger's or Brooklyn Industries I will stop in and check the wheel out in person.

i rode with a couple that were on coaster brakes yesterday, i thought about it for a second....thinking about it know.....who knows.....