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Finally got around to shaping the brake arm clamp. Hopefully this will meet with your approval:

Here is another bike with the High flange mounted and a Curtis Odom front hub:

The clamp in the picture is not tight, and the bike is only mocked up pre-paint. Velosteel supplies the clamps pre-formed, but they can only guess at what shape your chainstay will be. The person installing the hub needs to shape the clamp to fit the chainstay tightly, of course. I took the...

I have always liked high flange hubs, and especially the Schwinn hubs with big holes. There are no high flange coaster brake hubs currently available, so I decided to make my own. I found Amir in Israel who makes flanges for Atom hubs, and he agreed to make these for me. Now I am to the point of...

I just built this hub: So I have to build a wheel in order to test it out: I have a big hub to use for the front as well, I'll post pictures when I finish.

Thanks for all the compliments Wow, thanks. Yes, I owe a big debt of gratitude to Amir, he was so receptive to the idea.

Re: Sealed bearing coaster brake prototype Thanks for the tip. I contacted Amir and we got some flanges going. With Amir's advice and guidance, I even got my own riveting tool and attached the flanges myself. Here is what they look like: No KT here

Re: Sealed bearing coaster brake prototype Why not make bolt on flanges like those old French constructeur bikes, like Herse and Singer?

Here is mine:

I have Velosteel hubs for sale on my web site and on Ebay: elegantwheels.net and bikeguy on Ebay. I have also posted some rebuild information on the web site. I have hubs, parts, and upgraded axle nuts from Porkchop's. I have built many wheels with this hub and had very good reports from my...