Originally Posted by
juvela
this is a Steyr built machine. essentially a Bergmeister in Sears livery. steerer will be 26.0mm.
+1^^, BINGO.
That it's essentially the Bergmeister model (and not the same-color Clubman model that I've got) is evidenced by the internal rear brake cable housing, but Sears perhaps cheaped out and ditched what I recall was the Bergmeister's exquisite twin-plate(?) fork crown for a plainer one, but it's definitely not the Clubman's even-cheaper, trim-covered crown.
But perhaps none of these lower-to-mid-priced Austrian bikes had derailer hangers to begin with. My derailer has a claw mount.
And their lugged/brazed frames appear to have their dropouts electric-welded to flattened stays and fork blades. At least my Clubman model does, but maybe not the Sears and Bergmeister models that I notice also have chromed rear stays.
My similar Clubman had awful cable clips everywhere, and that I had to replace just to look at the thing!
Before and after. Notice all the zip ties I had to use initially, even the gear housing, yuck! ...And gawd, it was well over 30lbs with the steel rims. Much better now.
