So I found a pair of 24" MTB wheels for my latest project, figuring that I might just break down and shell out the cash for a new Sturmey-Archer 3-speed coaster hub to get this all together. Then I get the wheels home and count the spokes for the first time... d'oh. they're 28-spoke wheels. Besides the fact that I always thought I needed 36-spoke wheels to hold up under a 200-pound rider on a heavy beater bike, I noticed that all the new S/A hubs listed on their site are 36 holes. Dangit dangit dangit. Did S/A ever make a 28-spoke 3-speed coaster hub? From what I've read, I probably want an S3C or an AWC... do these exist? Or are they some kind of rare part for early Stingrays or something that only turns up twice a year on Fleabay and then sells for big $$$?
Or to pick the important question out from my lengthy rambling... Did S/A ever make a 28-spoke 3-speed coaster hub?
thanks in advance...
--rick
Or to pick the important question out from my lengthy rambling... Did S/A ever make a 28-spoke 3-speed coaster hub?
thanks in advance...
--rick