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From Ron Miller: Sorry and sad to report the death of good friend Mike Barry on Dec. 29.
A customer gifted us this at my work quite some time ago and I came across the scans today and remembered I forgot to post them here.
Enjoy!
I got a call from a guy I bought a bike from. He told me he has these CCM letters. I went and bought them. They are about 30 inches high. 8 feet in length. They are what looks like stainless steel. They sit about 2-3" away from the wall if mounted. They are backlit with neon lighting in the back. No wires are left and 1 C has broken neon. I would guess they were on a CCM bike shop.
Karl and I are wondering if could be possible to narrow down the years of production of CCM bikes made up until about 1920 based on their crankset and/or bottom bracket design. We would like to know if anyone out there can help with providing start or end dates to such changes.
Any one have a early Canadian Imperial bicycle .It shows the Imperial bicycle in a 1905 6 Massey Harris catalog i have that i got in New Zealand some years ago.
Dave
Hello! This thread is to continue a discussion started under the title "Cleveland Model 458". I would like us to collect information on bikes made in the Weston factory between 1917 and 1920 with the goal of creating the best estimate of matching years to serial numbers. These bikes will say WESTON on the head tube badge, not Toronto, and typically have shallow, rounded fenders, with the front fender extending forward past the head tube. The men's bikes will have straight top tubes.
So a while ago like a couple months I decided to replicate a ccm service parts cabinet. A fellow member GTflyte was kind enough to let me take measurement of his. I stuck traditional using red oak which was all salvaged from work. I constructed it better using all dovetail construction, I hand cut everything, even hand planed most of the wood. I put feet on te bottom to keep it off the ground, easier to pick it up. It’s pretty close to original minus the top, I might add to it. I hand painted the lettering using 1 shot enamel.
Have a request from a gentleman wanting to know if anyone has any information the Sutherland family who worked at the CCM factory from the 1940's to 1970's?
Thanks.
So I acquired this ccm trophy a couple months back off kijiji in Manitoba. The seller bought it years back at a local auction. Trophy was in tough shape when I got ahold of it. I sent it out to Britannia silversmiths in Scarborough for professional repairs as this trophy called for it considering the age and stature. Art did a great job bringing it back to life, there is a big dent right on the enamel beaver logo, that for fear of ruining the logo was left as is.
Before Canada Cycle & Motor launched its own automobile (The Russell) in 1905, it served as an agent for a variety of different makers, including Ford. Below is a flyer issued by the company circa 1903 courtesy of Richard Costello.
