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Been sweeping through local ads for a while, but so far zero proper second-hand coaster brake wheels, only 26", wide, steel rim monstrosities haha. I kinda wanna just buy a cheap one from Santafixie to see how it goes... although I'm in no rush with this at all. We'll see, I might even build one, never done that before and gotta start somewhere.
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Do it!! But not the cheap ones. Go shimano or go vintage. I have coasters on all my track bikes now. It’s literally the best mod. All the skids, none of the stress on already bad knees and no stupid brake levers. My dream is to buy a 496 track and put a coaster brake with an aerodisc cover on it.
Also those fixie inc frames ride pretty ok if you ditch the ugly unicorn fork.