My trip to Winchester

A while back a gentleman by the name of Ron got a hold of me to tell me that his neighbour, Mike, in Winchester, ON, south of Ottawa, was selling off his vintage bike collection and I might want to take a look at it. Well I finally made it to Winchester this past Sunday and met these two fine gentlemen.

You see Ron is a truck driver, turned bicycle mechanic, who got his neighbour, Mike, hooked on collecting vintage bikes. Mike is a salesman who spends a lot of time on the road. What Mike could find, Ron could fix. It was a frienship made in bicycle heaven. But now Mike has his house and his bicycle collection up for sale. He's moving to Cardinal, ON. At one point Mike had 170 bikes. More info on them can be found here.

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-bikes-road-Vintage-collectible-bikes-for-sale-W0QQAdIdZ498560164

I post the picture below not as proof of my presence in Winchester, but to show a few of the bikes that Ron also has for sale. The Sunshine in the background is a real beauty and more info on it can be found here:

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-bikes-road-Sunshine-Waterloo-Bicycle-W0QQAdIdZ501410933

If you're in the Ottawa area and get a chance to see Ron and Mike (before he moves) it would be well worth your while. They have a ton of bicycles and bicycle parts. Did I come home with anything? Yes. I left Mike's house with a 1941 CCM Rambler girl's model which will now stand beside my 1941 boy's model. (Pictures to follow)