Sixty Fiver

For the kids in us... my CCM Mustang.

It got a three speed hub and wheel (was a coaster model) and a drum brake to make it more versatile.

beast775

yup,i had one in the early 70s.funny thing about my bike,was left everywhere unlocked.downtown sudbury.i had the mustang till i scratched a guys car,he yelled at me and put my bike in his trunk!circa 1977 ...i was pissed.things were sure different then.nice blast from the past those mustangs.i wonder how much they were when new?

Sixty Fiver

beast - I think the Mustang sold for $69.99 new...

I haven't had this bike for too long and won't get to play with it until spring time but the bike is a blast.

scruff

any parts for an 40s rambler?

Sixty Fiver

scruff...wherabouts are you located ?

cyclotoine

Tour Du Canada ~1971


531 through out
Campy DT, headset and seatpost
3ttt stem and bars
universal sidepulls (probably super 68s)
Fiamme tubulars on highflange record hubs.

riva

I think this is a CCM. Thats what I call it anyway.

riva

Did some diggin and think its actually a Schwinn. Anyway, brump I want to see some more CCMs..

cudak888 

Not either, looks like a Murray.

-Kurt

divineAndbright

Thats the one from that canadian cyclist book or whatever it was called right? Theres a picture of a cinelli in there, and I think a typical crappier ccm road bike too

beast775

well after 4 mnths of part time work i have completed the massey harris silver ribbon.i left as much as i could original.heres a before and a few afters enjoy,i enjoyed this alot.

divineAndbright

beast775 that is so cool.. I sorta regret giving away my 41 ccm, but since I wasnt interested in riding it it was just sorta doing nothing, and I cant really have extra bikes all over the place.. if it looked like that I think I coulda made an exception, congratulation/props on not repainting it and slapping a ton of shiny stuff like most boneheads do, it looks just right like that!

Sixty Fiver

beast - That is a sweet bike...

beast775

thanks guys! i just added the last piece, a carbide bauer bicycle light.i cant stop riding it now.check out the rim weight never saw anything like that before!

Sixty Fiver

That light is the shizzle... I have seen wheel weights but they are not all that common.

Road Fan

Where is Solveg? She bought a nice little CCM road frame about a year or so back ...

J T CUNNINGHAM

"CCM did make a few nice mid-range road bikes in the 1970's, but almost no CCM's can be regarded as quality, lightweight vintage classics. They just weren't that kind of bike." QUOTE.


Those of us that have/had a CCM FLYER would beg to differ.


Regards,
J T

beast775

i have seen wheel weights before not many.i should have said, its handmade out of iron and wire wrapped by hand,probably in the late 20s or 30s.this bike dates to 1923.it came with wooden rims,but dealerships upgraded lots of bikes with steel rims.

beast775

1936 ccm....this bike was a handful.i had to shim the crank arms,and make spacers to fit behind the crank arm bolts.it was used alot i can tell.im hand fabricating a drop stand for the rear.here she is enjoy..

jet sanchEz

This thing is fun to ride but in rough shape so I am going to tear it down and have the frame blasted and powder-coated. Most of the chrome is salvageable, I think it will be a fun project for the summer.

Flow

Not mine but from a museum exhibit on bikes, for some reason they put the drive side against the wall. A 1940 Flyte, designed by Harvey W. Peace.



I just found this Flair in an abandoned building in Montreal. Gave it a quick cosmetic clean. I'm going to give the drivetrain a proper cleaning, put new tires, tubes, grips, pedals, chain, seat and post and give it to any female friends who need a bike or donate it away, plate is staying with me though.

Does anybody know what diameter seat post might go with this bike?

randyjawa 

I cannot begin to count all of the vintage CCM bicycles that have come my way since I began collecting and riding vintage bicycles. I should add that the only ones that truly interest me are the road bicycles. Presently my CCM collection includes one CCM Formula 1, one CCM Targa, one CCM Grand Prix, one CCM Gran Tourisimo, one CCM Seville(sold it), one 1975 CCM Tour du Canada, and one 1958 or earlier CCM road bike(to big for me). I also have several CCM roadsters from the early seventies, three of which are Elans and in great shape.

In fact, yesterday we sold a refurbished CCM Elan to a university student for $40.00 + a donation(that how Bicycles for Humanity sells bikes that are inappropriate for shipment to Africa). The bike was near mint and had been part of my personal collection.

Anyway, have a peek at some of my CCM rides. The only two I give a hoot about are is the Tour du Canada, however; I really do like the one from the fifties.

divineAndbright

The Grand Prix is crazy, thats gotta be from '68 or around there, looks like they knew absolutely nothing about road bikes, or just didnt care and used their usual standard bicycle platform and stuck some derailleurs on it and some drop handlebars and called it a road bike. They had two model "road bikes" that year, the other was called a Gran Turismo, and may or may not of been as embarrassing as the Gran Prix.

T-Mar

+1. The Gran Prix was essentially a Gran Turismo but with a chromed frame and fenders. I believe there were some other small differences such as small flange, steel hubs versus, large flange, aluminum, but most of the major components such as the frameset, crankset, derailleurs and brakes were the same.

My parents bought me a Grand Prix for my 16th birthday. If it wasn't such a problematic bicycle, I wouldn't have embarked on my journey into bicycle mechanics with the diligence that I did. I was determined to make that thing work as well as possible. Of course, ride characteristics, due to the frame geometry, was another story. If my parents had bought me a Peugeot UO8 or Raleigh Grand Prix, my whole life might have been different....

Old Fat Guy