Velosteel Coaster Hub - Anyone used one?

Thinking of getting one of these, anyone had any experience with em ?:

http://kogswell.com/siteVELOSTEEL.php

*http://www.velosteel.cz/Eng/coaster.htm

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is that one of those free coasters?

or a coaster brake?

Coaster brake - seen in situ here:

i dont trust coaster brakes.

Neither do i by them selves, would be running a front brake too - nearly killed myself in The Dam a couple of years back when one imploded on me.

Its for a pub ride, just felt like doing something different . .

could be fun... would not put it on a bike i rode alot...

looks great! i want one! means i can make a brakeless bike with a bit of cheat for the rear, still not strong enough to skid stop

if you decide to order, i may go halves on shipping cost if you fancy it? (depending on where you get it from!)

looks great! i want one! means i can make a brake less bike with a bit of cheat for the rear, still not strong enough to skid stop

if you decide to order, i may go halves on shipping cost if you fancy it? (depending on where you get it from!)

Have contacted Kogswell who stock em in the US and they will not have them back in stock till June, but will ship em to UK.

I am waiting to hear back from Velosteel themselves as to whether there is a dealer in the UK, or if i can get them direct, though it says on their website that minimum factory order is 25 units, which i might well do as i think there may be enough people interested round here to make it worth while.

Will keep you posted . . .

Please do not use a coast brake to setup a brakeless style bike unless your doing so on some big old slow cruiser.

A girl I vaguely know here in the US has been using one (along with a front brake) on a SS bike - she found it ok on the hills of SF, but advises that it's best to repack the internals with 'disc brake grease' for increased longevity. She rates the Velosteel coaster brake a lot more highly than the Shimano one.

A girl I vaguely know here in the US has been using one (along with a front brake) on a SS bike - she found it ok on the hills of SF, but advises that it's best to repack the internals with 'disc brake grease' for increased longevity. She rates the Velosteel coaster brake a lot more highly than the Shimano one.

I would reiterate the need to repack the coaster brake hubs.

I just repacked a new Sturmey Archer hub I got off of eBay. I took it apart and the grease inside looked like it has seen 15 years of use. A good re-greasing will serve you well.

I am interested in getting one of the Velosteels one day if they are available in the UK.

I think I'm being stupid, but I cant seem to find any pictures which expalin. How does a coaster hub's brake arm attach to the frame?

I think it is bodgeable...

i used to bodge my bmx skyways with a coaster, by using a plumbing hose, (the ones you screw to tighten) clip to hold the arm against the fame.
like this

used to work for years.

I think I'm being stupid, but I cant seem to find any pictures which expalin. How does a coaster hub's brake arm attach to the frame?

not normally like the picture above, normally they just hold onto the tubing behind the dropout with a little cuff, dead simple and will fit onto Any frame without modification, im thinking about making a lovely coaster brake bike at the moment

well i did say i bodged it , it was 25 years or so ago.

i meant above +1
but yeah whatever, it will all work fine

So how does it work with that black bike up above?

it's like a drum brake, the lever is fixed to the rear stay, when you pedal back, it expands the drum inside the hub. or something along those lines.

is it when u pedal backwards the brake actuates ? i think that's how they work but on a fixed that would be pointless wouldn't it ?

nice idea but on a fixed it would be more useful on the front if such a thing were possible

they are usually freewheel hubs.

yes but, no, but, yes !
coaster front brake for a fixed surely would be the sensible thing to invent.
as for a rear coaster, it's pointless. What you say ?

unless its single-speed then you might have an argument to use it on the rear

you can only get a drum brake for the front(as well as disk/canti)
coaster only operates/works on the rear wheel, because it locks upi when you pedal back.
and i'm pretty sure it is only a freewheel on the rear.