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Hi, my name is Adam from Stone Mountain, GA. I have this huffy bike I made into a motor-bike.... It actually runs (really well!) goes about 35mph, has breaks and a springy seat.
I took the Ringset (crank sprockets) off an old 10-speed bike and welded it to a back-break kids' bike hub nut then used the skewer assemb. and threw it into a 16'' tyre, then added a 20'' 144-spoke front wheel up front. I changed the tyre-side jackshaft sprocket to a #41 8- tooth and used #41-1R chain to the rear drive gear. That solved all my power-train problems. I have the matching rear wheel but I have to see if the hub will accept the skewer setup I have (which IS removeable), but that will lower my initial torque and up my top speed. Also in the works is a twist-style accelerator because the suicide accelerator I have gets a bit tiresome :)

Adam C.



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