Originally Posted by
Mikey58
Thanks, all, for the nice comments! And, in the scheme of things, the Schwinn Racer really was just a "light" restoration. Clean up and polish the chrome. Touch up the paint here and there. And, the mechanical bits which are pretty simple, even the S-A rear hub. So, thanks again, for all of the kind words.
It's funny, I grew up in the age of single-speed, coaster brake bikes. If you had a 3-spd (we called them "English bikes" back then) you were king-of-the-hill. Lightweight (relatively speaking!) with those skinny 26 X 1-3/8 tires and the indestructible Sturmey-Archer 3-spd hub - it didn't get much better than that; especially when faced with climbing the hills around our neighborhood! Really makes one appreciate what is available to us, now.
Mike
Cool bike, OP.
Indestructible unless you had a curious little brother with a few hand tools at his disposal. I could take a coaster brake apart and reassemble with no problem, but once I got that 3-speed apart I had no idea what all those bits were. Boy was my brother pissed.