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Originally Posted by nota
but he has a S-deore front hub unlikely to be found on a cheap bike like a huffie
the coaster brake rear is a puzzler tho with a good front hub
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And this is what has the bike junkies enthralled..... The deore doesn't go on that fork. The original wheel had a steel washer with a tab that inserted into the hole in the stamped portion of the fork above the quick release. The Deore would have gone on a fork with lawyer tabs- so the peanut gallery MUST know if this was a crappy bike with a relatively good wheel, or a good bike that someome installed a crappy fork on.
From the OP's last comment, I'm retracting my huffy comment and going with the latter.
As for the fork being strong enough, I'm going to take a minority stance and say that although it's a POS, it will be fine.
The novelty of the motorized bike will wear off before the fork fails.
*Just barely*
This is not to say I support the OP's actions.
What is happening here is a moral and ethical affront, but from my computer, like watching an ISIS beheading or the taliban blowing up some ancient shrine, I am powerless to do anything about it.
As an aside, I think I vaguely remember a warning that came with the cheap chinese engine NOT to mount these engines on certain low budget frames. I remember growing up in the 1970's, there were some really low budget frames from JC penney's etc.. that were so poorly joined together that they really would separate at the joints. They weren't so much joined as they were press fit, with perhaps a tack weld. Ughhh!!!!!