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the axel diameter of new wheels may not fit in the drops of that second bike. you will have to file the drops.
(do not buy a wheel with coaster brake, buy one with a thread for freewheel)
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I have exactly the same bike, I replaced the wheel with a cheap alu 20" one, and got a rear 20" coaster wheel built, then put fat tyres on (biggest I can get with the clearance).
This make it so much more fun to ride, seriously worth getting coaster.
wqvm
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@brokenbetty
Right now I have this bike and I love it. It does everything I need my bike to do - 7 mile slow commute, light to medium carrying duty, frame mounted rack for better handling, tidy through-the-frame cabling and a comfy walk up the hill riding posture. It's easy to store and I can lock it with one d-loc because no one wants to nick it.
At the same time it's not perfect. Heavy steel rims with rim brakes that don't stop in the wet, battery lights, lumpy saddle and although the rack is functionally fab it's fugly. But I don't want to stop riding it to upgrade it because it's just so much darn fun.
Enter this bike. Same model, knackered paintwork, knackered cables, bit of rust and missing the saddle.
So the plan is to strip the second bike, powdercoat the F&F and get a matching rack done at the same time, upgrade the wheels with a dynamo hub and coaster rear, add a new saddle and possibly also replace the headset and bb.
Then I'll run them both for a while and decide which one to keep :)