‘How old is my bicycle?' is a question I get asked a lot, nearly as much as: ‘I have a bicycle that looks like one of yours if I send you pictures please can you identify it for me?' Search for Elgin bicycles and literature. Search eBay for Elgin bicycles and parts. Higgins.Īn excellent book containing catalog pages from the 30's through the 60's is available. Sears bicycles sold before World War II were branded as Elgin, and after World War II as J.C. to produce their special bicycles designs. The Elgin Bluebird, Robin, Blackhawk, Flightlinger and Spaceliner were all Sears exclusives.

The Sears Roebuck and Company was responsible for some of the most outrageous and sought after bicycle designs. Search for Stolen Bike by Specifics: multiparamter query.Ĭollectible Elgin – JC Higgins – Hawthorne Book on eBay For Stolen Bike by Serial Number: Full or Partial Number: Please enter alphanumerics. Okay, fine, so maybe there are a few bikes without serial numbers, but this is rare and typical only on hand made bikes or really old bicycles. If you search for 1234, you will only find bikes with serial numbers of 1234 and serials close to that - not a bike with serial number of 12345689.

Elgin bike serial number database