Originally Posted by mrtuttle04 (Post 16582131)

Around 1976, I bought my first "adult bike" with money I had saved from my paper route. It was a 10-speed road bike that I purchased from J.C. Penny's for $119 (if I remember correctly). It was one of the first bike's with disk brakes. I rode it until it was stolen in the early eighties. That is all I can remember.

Does anyone have any idea what the brand and model might be for this bike.

Thanks

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...596413&thumb=1
Mark

Originally Posted by dweenk (Post 16582365)

Did it look anything like this photo?

Originally Posted by PatTheSlat (Post 16582385)

Could it have been Sears rather than JC Penny?

They had the disc brake bike in 1980: http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=369096

They also had the even goofier hydraulic brake bike in 1975: http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=369097

Originally Posted by Metacortex (Post 16582601)

I believe JC Penny was one of the first to offer a bike (made by Huffman) with the Shimano disc brake in the '70s. You can see the disc brake bikes in the 1975 "Great America Bicycle Tour": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10233DdFi0

Here is another video showing one of these bikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqqa0sg9HNo

A close-up of the Shimano disc brake can be seen here: 2002 Disc Brake Up Close | The Sprocket Podcast

Originally Posted by coolkat (Post 16582859)

A couple of these JC Penney disc brake bikes have popped up on CL over the years. Usually brown. I don't think they had any more identification than "JC Penney" downtube graphics.