Timeline for What era is this JC Higgins 24" bike?
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| Nov 29, 2019 at 16:15 | answer | added | Ed Raner | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 26, 2019 at 22:58 | comment | added | Mel | JC Higgins is stamped on the coaster brake arm. I received a comment on another site stating it was a Musselman rear hub. I read somewhere that JC Higgins re-branded the Musselman hub at some point. | |
| Apr 26, 2019 at 22:51 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | Note that if you can make out a brand stamp on the coaster brake arm, that would be helpful. | |
| Apr 26, 2019 at 22:49 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | The "skip-tooth" cogs are one of the few markers of age. Though I don't know when skip-tooth cogs were the rage, they were gone by the mid-50s for sure. Appears to be a Bendix-style coaster brake, so that probably puts an upper bound on the age (though I don't know what that might be). | |
| Apr 26, 2019 at 22:49 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | The chainring shape seems to be a skip-tooth design, and may pre-date roller chain. Certainly pre-WW2 | |
| Apr 26, 2019 at 22:12 | history | edited | Mel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2019 at 20:46 | history | asked | Mel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |