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Offline Geoff

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1952 JC Higgins Bike
« on: December 25, 2010, 02:07:32 PM »
Just thought i'd post a few pic's of the 52 JC Higging I restored for my Girlfriends Christmas.
Bought it while at the Sacramento Bugiramma swap in less than good condithion.

Here it is as found.
It has the wrong seat and bars but most of it's there including the skip tooth cranks and sprocket.




The cool Bee hive springer..



A few months later, powdercoated by Russ at Francis Andrew, Chromed by Specialty plating (not finished in these pic's but ya get the idea) Found some NOS green metal flake grips to match.




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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2010, 10:06:43 AM »
wow!  very nice Geoff .  PDT_Armataz_01_37
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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2010, 12:46:25 PM »
rad !!

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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2010, 09:22:17 PM »
 PDT_Armataz_01_37 Love the old bikes

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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2010, 01:03:04 PM »
what's a "skip tooth crank and sprocket"?

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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2010, 06:52:17 PM »
what's a "skip tooth crank and sprocket"?

 The Skiptooth design is the orig style chain and sprockets from 30's-50's. They had a large spread on the teeth and it would skip one link before engaging the next tooth. see pic below.


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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2010, 08:01:32 PM »
cool bike ........ for a girl

Springs meet dangly bits hangin' off the front of that seat.....OOOOOUUUCCCHHH

reminds me of the "FRANK AND BEANS" scene of that Something about Mary movie lol_hitting

Nice job tho PDT_Armataz_01_37
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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2010, 06:35:04 PM »
If anyone has any old cruiser bike frames or old parts they want gone let me know, mostly looking for mens 26" bikes but ladies are good for parts.
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Re: 1952 JC Higgins Bike
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2010, 07:15:00 AM »
about ten years ago on the old property i had a bunch of those and some shwinn's and a couple of Raliegh choppers, make some bike guys really happy when we sold em!(i kept one Raliegh chopper, purple, with 3 speed center shifter) very cool geoff!
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