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I am presently putting together a museum located in a one-room schoolhouse(ca. 1874) Anyone like to display their bikes? I'm gonna need a bunch of copies of your book John. Let's talk.
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Larry
Goodday all Here is a photo of the ad & also a couple of Werlich photos I hope you enjoy them! I forgot to mention before that as an outside co. electrician I worked at the Lawrence Ave. bicycle factory for a short time & when they torn down the old Weston road complex I removed the staircase & some of it is installed in our home in Campbellford. I also took photos of their buildings at that time (1980's?) Larry
I'm writing a brief history of Canadian motorcycles and have found information on the 1908 CCM Lightweight Motorcycle and a Light Delivery Bicycle that included a Pixie cyclemotor made in Montreal by Godscroft Industries, Endo Motor Division in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Weston yesterday. Thanks to Suri and Michael from Squibb's Stationers for hosting and Kristy from the Frontline Youth Centre for providing the space and coffee, as well as the freshly-baked cookies. it was great to see such old-time CCM folks as Alice and Gord Chard and Irene and Tom Nease. Nice to see Cherri and Mary Louise from the Weston Historical Society again as well. Met a ton of new folks, including the local MP amd MPP, and even a couple of vintage CCM bicycles.The signing was directly across from where the old CCM plant once stood.
Recently I was very honoured to get a call from Mike Barry looking for a couple of copies of the CCM book. Mike, who was a bicycle racer in England in the 1950s, is Canada's most famous bicycle builder. It was as owner of Bicycle Specialties in Toronto that Mike produced his highly sought-after Mariposa line of bicycles. Mike recently retired to spend more time with his family including pro cyclist Michael Barry.
Here is an interesting article about Mike and one his best-known creations.
Les Humphreys is a well known cyclist from the Almonte, ON area who also happens to be the proud owner of a CCM Flyer complete with a Doc Morton frame.
Les is a keen observer of Canadian cycling history and lately has been sending me some interesting pieces. His latest was this program for what was to be the last Dunlop Trophy Race. Established in 1894 in Toronto, for many years the event was co-sponsored by the Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co. and CCM.
Folks often ask what happened to CCM after it went bankrupt in January 1983. The question is a good one, but the answer isn't entirely a clear one.
The simplest answer is that the company was bought by Procycle of St-Georges de Beauce, Québec. What Procycle wanted more than anything else was simply the rights to the CCM bicycle name. As a result, they hired longtime CCM employee Gus Chard to oversee the dispersal of the equipment from the CCM plant on Lawrence Ave.
