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@SJ_BIKER, looking at the thread @GTs58 posted above (from 2011) you mention you have a 1946 New World with stainless rims. Have you got any good pictures? I didn't see it on Miq's list.
I picked up this bike from a friends massive bike lot buy. See my post linked below. This bike is definitely crusty and needs some serious help but I feel it's worthy of the effort. I imagine some parts aren't original and I'm not sure what's up with the blue paint on the guard and other spots...
Somebody has a front wheel with the Schwinn Superior rim for sale on Ebay, with a good set of pictures. It looks like the Superior was single wall construction, not tubular. The seller calls it late 1940's, but I don't think I've ever seen a post-war bike with this rim.
Those Superior rims look similar to the pre-war Lobdell endrick style rims I've had on a couple of bikes. That simple, flat style with wide-set spoke holes seems to have been common in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Lobdells had ink-type stamps inside indicating the type of tire that was intended.
The rims on Jim's bike are S-6's, with pretty clear stampings. His bike was a big part of the motive behind this thread, along with the stainless rims. For the record, his pictures are in Post #76 of this thread:
I have a brochure from the mid 40s time period (don't know exact year, assumed 1946). I guess I glanced over it because I thought these were NWs. I don't think I have seen a tandem with that guard type.
These wheels had the guts removed from the hubs and then went in the OA bath after the rest of the bike. The rebuilt hubs spin great but I will respoke when it comes time to use them.
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