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The cons are going to be the drag mostly. I used to ride step-throughs and the tyres on them are very draggy compared to a bike tyre, even more so if they’re not pumped up quite hard. Also most scooter wheels are solid alloy, not spoked. Pro for a trailer is that a lot of scooter wheels are single sided hubs, so a lot stronger when mounted on one side. Oh and the weight, they’re quite heavy for what they are.
The main problem for spoked motorcycle rims is probably going to be the spokes, because they’re designed for much larger diameter spokes and nipples. And they’re designed for a much wider hub so the spoke offsets are far wider than you’d normally want to use with a bike hub.
Anyone paired bicycle hubs with moped rims and tyres for things like trailers? I’d like to explore the pros and cons..