bike conversion

griffin · Post by **griffin** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:47 pm

I want to turn my cheap mountain bike into a cruiser with coaster breaks. Does any body have any advice on doing this, or a good website that sells the parts?

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:57 pm

You can buy coaster wheels and hubs- search for singlespeed bikes and freewheel coaster hub and you'll get lots of sites.

Some mountain bikers (singlespeed) and BMX'ers are into this. Check out these sites:
http://aebike.com/site/intro.cfm
http://www.sheldonbrown.com
I'm sure if you posted on the first site's forums someone would be able to help you.

I think the easiest way would be to get an old coaster bike from a thrift store or wherever and put the back tire onto your bike. If you could find an old coaster bike, you may just want to use that, so that's not very helpful is it? Coaster bikes have an internal drum in the rear hub, so you'll need to replace that. I've never done it.

I have an old CCM coaster but I'm concerned about bringing it because it sounds like the dust ruins bikes. It's not like the paint is nice or anything, I just love it and I don't want to wreck it.

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:38 pm

griffin wrote:I want to turn my cheap mountain bike into a cruiser with coaster breaks. Does any body have any advice on doing this, or a good website that sells the parts?

As a bike mechanic...yes it could be done: swap out the rear wheel with a coaster hub equipped wheel, change the front chain ring to the same chain size as the rear sprocket (most coaster single speeds use a wide BMX chain, most derailer multi-speeds use narrow chain), chain tension is tricky as the frame wouldn't have adjusters...unless you have free cruiser parts to tinker with this is a lot of trouble unless you love that mountain bike? www.bikeparts.com has lots of stuff.

Hey, how about riding your bike around to garage sales and offering to trade for a cruiser bike...

muley · Post by **muley** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:54 am

does anybody know where I might fine some plans to turn 2 bikes into a 4 wheel peddle car for two ??????

sparkletarte · Post by **sparkletarte** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:01 am

Curious, I asked my bike mech boyfriend about this last night. He said it will be pretty expensive too. For the amount it would cost in new parts you could probably by a new coaster bike.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:45 pm

Last summer I saw a bike-4-2. The riders set side by side. Both had peddles just two wheels.

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