Use this forum to discuss all things related to vintage CCM bicycles including Rambler, Flyte, Mustang etc.
1969 GTR SIDEWINDER, built for General Tire and rubber, to be sold through there tire stores.
Received the following note and photos. Can anyone help? John
I believe I have a ccm Frameset and was wondering if you can help identify year, model, and how to build it up? I will be interested finding history of bike and best way to build it so its period correct? The serial number is on the bottom bracket. It is X23053.
A fellow sent me these photos hoping that someone could date his bike. Anyone want to take a stab at it? John
Here are a couple photos of my old bikes, any help is muchly apprecieated,
The first one I think I have figured out it's a 1927, but I could be wrong!!!
The light blue with no seat I think is from 1951......
I bought this old house painted bike this spring. I saw it had a wood rim on the front and a skip tooth Williams crank with a CCM steel rear rim and New Departure rear hub. It was not the nicest bike but iot looked like pre 20's. I started looking for a clue to the year of the bike and manufacturer. First is the crank, Williams are date coded. I pulled of the crank arms and chainring and was surprised, A for a date code, 1912/1913 the first year they made cranks. Also Patent and what looks like a u next to it.
At a country farm auction this weekend a friend of mine purchased a pair of his and hers BlawkHawk bicycles.The badges read BlackHawk, nothing else. The rims are 28 inch and say made in Canada, the seats are British leather saddles., and the bars are not crossbraced. Did CCM make Blackhawks for a certain store, or are they even CCM? Over the phone my friend gave me the serial #s, I have no ;pictures yet. The mens Blackhawk is H088746, the ladies BlackHawk is H115081. Any ideas? Thanks folks!
I have recently aquired a 1967 ccm duomatic. The bike is in great condition with exception of the rotten tires and tubes. I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what size of tires are on it. I know one of them is original for sure. It says it is 26 1 3/8. I'd like to put some fresh white walls on it. does anybody have some suggestions.
Here is another find from this summer. I got these 26" heavy duty CCM wheels in black with white pinstripes from a friend. They have double butted spokes, twice as thick as regular spokes. There are a few that were replaced with thinner ones. Anyone know where I can get some replacement thick ones. I don't know the guage but thinking maybe 80 guage spokes. I have a Whizzer wheel that has thicker spokes maybe 120 guage. These wheels must have been from a service bike or a delivery bike. They came with no tires, I had a single Dunlop Cushion Ride sitting around.
I bought this old 1933 Red Bird a month ago. It was in a basement of a house that was going to be demolished. The bike had a 1942 license on it. It has not been ridden a lot, original tires maybe, Gibson pedals are hardly worn. Tires hold air. Paint looks to be black and gold. Too bad the basement was so damp. I will start to clean it up in the next few months. Lots of CCM finds this year.
