if anyone wants to do a large order count me in. is this velosteel model significantly better that a new sturmey archer or shimano?
these things are fairly rare so there are precisely no reviews anywhere on the internet. can get a sturmey archer off ebay at the moment but if they're shit and unreliable and this is the coaster brake daddy i'll hold out.
If you want something now, go with a sturmey archer. Make sure you repack it with grease though, the horrible Taiwanese stuff looks about 50 years old, even though it is in a new hub. I am running one as an alternative back wheel, and it is great fun. Brakes are responsive, and if you want you can pull some mega skids. They are relatively cheap, so if something does go wrong, you can just change the inners, and not have to replace the whole wheel.
If you want something now, go with a sturmey archer. Make sure you repack it with grease though, the horrible Taiwanese stuff looks about 50 years old, even though it is in a new hub. I am running one as an alternative back wheel, and it is great fun. Brakes are responsive, and if you want you can pull some mega skids. They are relatively cheap, so if something does go wrong, you can just change the inners, and not have to replace the whole wheel.