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(More customer reviews)I got this wheel as a replacement on an old Sears cruiser made by Steyer of Austria - out of the box, it looked great, but the bearings had been overtightened at the factory. I loosened them to the correct tightness and they rolled smoothly, which was great to see in an inexpensive wheel like this.
Installation of a tire and the wheel was straightforward, although the fork was a little narrow for the axle. Since it was steel, it was a simple matter to manually spread the fork legs a little wider to make it all fit. I would guess that the overall width increase was probably around 5 mm or so.
Once I'd had the wheel installed, I set up the brakes and took it out on a test spin. I rode it for a good two hour trip and seemed a good, workable replacement. However, when I returned home I also found that the wheel was seriously out of true already, despite not having hit anything that would have pushed it out of true.
So, overall, I'll give it a middle of the road rating. It's really cheap and works OK, but I tend to also expect that my bike purchases aren't just functional, but are actually right. The bearings and the wheel trueness were a bit of disappointment, but it's also not a Tour de France wheel - in fact, the whole wheel costs less than even one rim on any of my other bikes! And with a little TLC on set up, I'm sure this wheel will probably be a bargain in the end.
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