Abstract: A wheel of the welded spoke variety has a hub with specially designed end caps. If the wheel is to be used as a front wheel of a tricycle, a pedal crank shaft having radial tabs is slid through openings in the end caps having inwardly projecting lips. As the shaft is forced further through the hub, the tabs slice into the rim around the opening in the distal end cap and also upset portions of the rim ahead of the cut into shaft slots just ahead of the tabs. This locks the hub to the shaft both axially and rotationally. If the wheel is to be used on a sidewalk bike with a coaster brake installed in the hub instead of a pedal crank, a circular array of teeth are formed in the outer surface of the proximate end cap which interfit with teeth on an element of the brake so that the brake element and hub rotate together.