Breaking in a new bicycle/bike or bad rear hub?

Question

I have recently purchased a new cruiser Schwinn. when i am riding the bike and i stop peddling and start coasting the bike makes funny sounds. it has a coaster break. im not sure if i have to break it in or if the back hub is bad because i usually buy higher end bikes and i only bought this one to mount a motor onto. I just re-greased the hub and the bearings and it is a little better but im still not satisfied. thanks for the help

Answer 1

can you describe the funny sounds?

does the bike have hand brakes?  can you find anything that might be rubbing on the chain or tire?  see if there's any flex-- I've had problems where it took weight (like me sitting on it) to make the parts rub together, when I had the bike on the shop rack we couldn't duplicate the problem.

Answer 2

i had one like that and they told me and i found out that my bearing houseing was shot and the bearing was just rattleing inside the hub because the race could no longer hold them anymore