Earth Cruiser find!

[Willis617]

Facebook find for $50

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Oh snap that's cool, I really like those.

 

[Pedalfreak]

Nice work! A good cleaning and rebuild is in order and the only things I would upgrade would be a nice pair of grippy BMX pedals & a Brooks B17 Saddle..........................................

 

[Willis617]

Nice work! A good cleaning and rebuild is in order and the only things I would upgrade would be a nice pair of grippy BMX pedals & a Brooks B17 Saddle..........................................

I'm with you on the saddle and pedals, but being tall I'll probably also change the bars, the pull backs don't give me enough room

 

[JA331]

Cool ride. Looking at the fork, I believe it was made by Giant. A layback post will give you more room. My guess is will have a 1” post. Truetorch make a really solid cromo post than wont bend.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Cool ride. Looking at the fork, I believe it was made by Giant

According to this thread, they were made by Fairly, and later Hodaka. I think it's all connected to Giant somehow though.
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/jamis-earth-cruiser-question.110860/
I love the fork, especially with the graphics intact. Jamis had some super cool parts back then, like the Cheeks saddle, Sandjam tread tires, and the absolute best, the Sandjam Barefoot pedal, one side plastic for with shoes, the other side with a black rubber coating for barefoot cruising. They really tried to capitalize on the beach cruisin scene of the 80s

 

[Willis617]

Cool ride. Looking at the fork, I believe it was made by Giant. A layback post will give you more room. My guess is will have a 1” post. Truetorch make a really solid cromo post than wont bend.

I'm confused by the post, in measures .97?

 

[Robertk]

Fork should be Akisu - there’s a stamp near the dropouts

 

[Willis617]

According to this thread, they were made by Fairly, and later Hodaka. I think it's all connected to Giant somehow though.
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/jamis-earth-cruiser-question.110860/
I love the fork, especially with the graphics intact. Jamis had some super cool parts back then, like the Cheeks saddle, Sandjam tread tires, and the absolute best, the Sandjam Barefoot pedal, one side plastic for with shoes, the other side with a black rubber coating for barefoot cruising. They really tried to capitalize on the beach cruisin scene of the 80sView attachment 278541View attachment 278543View attachment 278542

Found this thread with a search before I picked mine up, my s/n is F5...

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Found this thread with a search before I picked mine up, my s/n is F5...

That might mean Fairly, still family owned. Taiwan has a strong tradition of quality bike manufacturing
https://www.fairlybike.com/

 

[Willis617]

any ideas on the seat post diameter?
i measured it at .97

 

[Captain Awesome]

any ideas on the seat post diameter?
i measured it at .97

The inside of the seat tube probably measures 1.0

You have to have some pinch room for the clamp to do its job

 

[Willis617]

The inside of the seat tube probably measures 1.0

You have to have some pinch room for the clamp to do its job

After removing seat post I found it marked 24.8mm, I've not seen this size before.

Found this thread with a search before I picked mine up, my s/n is F5...

F2, so Fairly 1982?

 

[Pedalfreak]

Nice rig! Attached is my 1959 Schwinn cantilever I cobbled together makes for a nice desert sled out here in Arizona.