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sturmy archer
My experience of the performance of Sturmey coasters has not been great and since they are neither cheaper nor more reliable (by any reports I've seen) than a Shimano cb-e110, why bother?
Heatsink or at least the one I have is simply two bolts to affix, the hard part is going to be finding one for sale in the UK. I don't think the guy that made mine does them anymore so you'd probably be looking at importing a Mone one. Maybe try the klunker groups on fb to see if anyone has already done the hard parts of that?
For the bearings and stuff, it's really going to be worth your while learning to work on it yourself. On the Shimano hub (the only one I've taken apart), if you can adjust cup and cone bearings then you will be able to strip and rebuild the hub. The coaster mechanism is the less complex part of the hub.
That said, I ran a Sachs/Sram 3 speed coaster through several winters of commuting and never opened it up. If you aren't doing any long descents or off roading then I imagine you'd get a fairly good service life out of the Shimano and Sachs hubs at least.
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anyone open to selling me a pre modified coaster hub? with bearings and heat sink done?
do i need to worry about it? is this the "oversized jockey wheel trap" but for retro grouches?
i see on page one @M_V has some thoughts on what is and isn't worth doing , if i'm not descending the col de highgate daily, can i just get a sturmy archer and forget about it?