Experiences of old folding bikes?

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salad

Thanks @M_V - indeed I know of a community repairing place not far from here, alas half of them are idiots and the other half is usually stoned out of their minds so this has been counter-productive in the past.
There's a friend of mine that knows how to build wheels actually, hope he will be able to find time to teach me this winter.

I guess this might be ridiculous given what I paid for the bike, but how much would it set me back if I were to build a completely new wheel?

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brokenbetty in reply to @salad

There's a friend of mine that knows how to build wheels actually, hope he will be able to find time to teach me this winter.

It's dead easy, I did mine from online guides. If you decide to go ahead let me know and I'll post the main ones I used. Don't forget to budget for the spokes!

If you go to the effort of building I'd switch to alloy rims, especially if you want rim brakes. If you want to keep it coaster brake and have gears you'll need to get a hub gear with coaster. I have an SRC3 on my Kingpin.

Are those 20" BMX size (406 ERTO) or one of the vintage 20" sizes? If the latter it will be hard/expensive/impossible to find alloy rims - which of the three depends on exactly which 20" you have. 406 will be no bother at all.

Oh, and I love your bike :)

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salad in reply to @brokenbetty

Thanks for your feedback!
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Ok, so I could get a second hand 20'' kid's bike with a 3-speed hubbed rear wheel (like this) for like €30 in ok condition - and just use the rear wheel.. there are ones that wouldn't look too bad on my bike, and I'm assuming they will fit (?).

On the other hand I'm quite inclined to build a wheel myself as I would like to learn how to do this.
So yes, if you have the time I'd appreciate if you could link the videos you found helpful!

The wheels I have apparently are 20'' ETRTO 47-406 (at least this is what it says on the tyres).

I have found an article on 3-speed coaster brake hubs here - maybe interesting for some.
Actually there's an old model ("pre 1981") S&A AWC hub in like-new condion on eBay right now for about €25 (link) ..this is good, right?

What spokes / rim would be recommended?

Thanks everybody, I appreciate your help!

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