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This thread is very timely for me. As I shared in my intro. just the other day, I discovered this place while searching for info. on rebuilding my Komet Super hub. It was the instructions found here that I followed with total success!

Yeah, I've looked briefly at the Sheldon Brown website. I am hopeful that it will go a long way in my education.

Cool! Yeah, I am already riding both the bikes (one at a time). They are both in such original condition. The Schwinn had original tires and brake pads. It's got two city registration stickers from Normal, IL – a 1964 and a 1968 if I recall. The Sears seems to have original tires as well, and...

Taken from within my bike cave this is the Schwinn Racer that I determined to be a 1960. SA 3 speed and front and rear Weinmann calipers "Made In Switzerland" which sounds so very cool.

Oh that's great news! I read in the community guidelines that one must use Photobucket or similar. I will try to post a pic right now! Woo hoo! This is the Sears bike, still bearing the sold tag from that flea market after all these years. I decided to see how long the tag would stay on there...

Not sure if I'm rad or rat enough to be here, but I found this place while searching for info. on the Komet Super hub on my ladies' cruiser from Sears (Murray?). I've been told the bike is probably early 60s. The bike was bought by my wife at an open-air flea market in MN some years ago. We...