What bike is this!? – 35$

I mean, for $35, sure, go for it. It will be a good bike to practice refurbishing and if you mess up, well, it didn’t cost much.

I don’t know J&B Cycles, but they most likely were importing bikes and rebranding them. This has the hallmarks of a faux-fancy entry level machine from the early 70’s or so. Lots of brands made frames like this: a basic frame, but with some fancy lugs and chrome to jazz it up. It has some flair! But it’s almost certainly not particularly valuable or high-end, which makes it prefect for your first time fixing up an old bike.

Caveat: If it was made in France, some of the parts (particularly the bottom bracket and headset) might be trickier to replace, because the threading was different and not widely available. That’s not a reason not to get it at this price, and you probably won’t need to replace everything anyway, just something to be aware of.

edit: looking again, it may have forged dropouts, if so, it’s an instant buy as that would mean it’s a mid-range or better machine. Take a look at [this image](https://i0.wp.com/restoringvintagebicycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/62550-largest_sheldon_dropouts.jpg) for reference.

Its worth that. You should definitely learn how to polish and polish out those lugs. It’s a decent bike for the era.

Lovely lugs. Seatpost sticker says “Quality Bicycles”…what more assurance could you want? 😉