Anyone recognize this logo?
06-12-22, 03:38 PM
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Anyone recognize this logo?
Picked up a nice 70s 10 speed today, but don't recognize the logo. No other markings on it. Any help appreciated. Cheers
06-12-22, 05:19 PM
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That's the symbol used on Chimo bicycles, a private label brand owned and distributed by Interex Industries Ltd., a Vancouver B.C. based sporting goods distributor founded in 1969. I believe it's actually the Interex symbol.
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06-12-22, 06:05 PM
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Something that obscure in under two hours, very cool. (Or maybe it’s only obscure to the ill-informed American?)
06-12-22, 07:21 PM
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Thanks! I've come across Chimos before, as I'm in Vancouver, but didn't recognize the logo.
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WOW!!! When it comes to bicycles ya don't need Google, ya just need T-Mar!!!
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While Western Canada was the biggest market, there were a handful of regional distributors in the USA. IIRC, Paris-Sport was one of them. I've got some advertisements that were run in the mid-1970s to introduce the brand, I'll try to find them.
06-12-22, 09:07 PM
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off topic and useless factoids,as well as there being an Ibis Ripley bike out there the Belgie who founded Ridley bikes named it so as he thought Scott’s name was cool
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My first job as a bike mechanic, back in the mid-70s, was with a place that imported "Chimo" bikes from Hong Kong.
06-14-22, 05:37 AM
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I've seen numerous Chimo from Hong Kong. They have HKB (Hong Kong Bicycles Ltd.) dominating the head badge (see attched). The HKB models appear to be from slightly later, with the earlier ones being from Japan. I've also seen a few from Taiwan. HBK appears to have taken over brand ownership from Interex, circa 1976, though Interex still appears to have been involved in the distribution.
Based on the samples I've seen, the brand appears to have survived into at least the early 1980s, though I've seen nothing above mid-range.
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Ha, I go through Rancho Cordova (a suburb of Sacramento) fairly often these days. I got my 2nd Covid vaccine at the Rite Aid on Sunrise. I'll have to go by, and see if Leavitt's Power Tools is still there. 🤔😁 BTW, that would be at least reasonably close to the American River bicycle trail, so very appropriate. 😎
06-20-22, 10:35 AM
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Thanks T-Mar for the catalogue listing. Here is mine partly restored. Very similar. Very Japanese
