Thread: JC Higgins
View Single Post
Old 01-16-13 | 06:57 PM
  #6  
bradtx
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,579
Likes: 6
From: Pearland, Texas

Bikes: Cannondale, Trek, Raleigh, Santana

Originally Posted by 3alarmer
They are good, solid bikes, made for Sears in Austria in a factory based
on the Raleigh 3 speed models. Because the production machinery was of
more recent vintage (post WW II setup), the hubs often turn out to be even
better than the SA of the same age from which they were cloned.

I reworked one once for my wife as a commuter 20 years ago. You could still
find them with decent paint then. I'd look for one for myself, but I've never
seen one that was not a smaller frame size like this one.
I am fairly sure it was Puch that made the bicycles. A JC Higgins was my first bike and yes, there was a Sears employee of that name.

Brad
bradtx is offline  
Reply