Weight of your CCM Flyte?

Submitted by Mink_Elan on Mon, 05/19/2014 - 14:31

Need the help of those lucky Flyte owners.  We are writing a historical paper about the 1936-1940 CCM Flyte.

Can you put your Flyte on the bathroom scales and let me know the all-up weight?

Also, any comments about how it actually rides with the reverse  forks and sprung frame would be great.

 

thanks,

       Chris.

3 Comments

Submitted by Mink_Elan on Mon, 06/16/2014 - 19:01.

Would 40 lbs weight be a good guess, for an all-up Flyte with fenders etc?

Submitted by Old-Bikes on Mon, 06/16/2014 - 19:28.

Mink_Elan, it should be over 40 lbs... I once checked the weight of a 1945 CCM and it was 45 lbs.

Submitted by Mink_Elan on Tue, 06/17/2014 - 12:12.

Thanks Old-Bikes.

But the 1936-1940 Flyte used ChroMoly high strength aircraft tubing in a thinner gauge, intended to save weight.  I was wondering just how much they saved over the conventional diamond frame CCMs of the 1940's.