General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal frame, headset, handlebars, forks, stays, crankset, chain and parts/ rubber pedals and tires/ synthetic saddle, hand grips, rear reflector, cable covering

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

180.0 cm

Width

62.5 cm

Height

111.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

CCM

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

late 1960's +

Canada

A product of the Canada Cycle & Motor Co., the largest manufacturer and supplier of bicycles in Canada until the mid 1950's. The Canada Cycle and Motor Co. Ltd.was formed in 1899 through the amalgamation of the five largest bicycle manufacturers in Canada: Massey-Harris Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Toronto, H.A. Lozier and Co. of Toronto Junction, Gendron Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Toronto, Welland Vale Manufactuting Co. of St. Catherines and Goold Bicycle Co. Ltd. of Brantford. Lozier and Gendron were subsidiaries of American bicycle manufacturers; Massey-Harris had secured the Canadian rights to the American firm Pope Manufacturing Co.'s Columbia in 1895 and its first products somewhat resembled the latter. Massey-Harris produced the Massey-Harris and the Silver Ribbon, Lozier the Cleveland, Welland Vale the Perfect bicycle and Goold made the Red Bird. These companies had all started producing bicycles in Canada in response to the bicycle craze in the 1890's which had reached Canada by 1895. High tariffs on imported bicycles and parts encouraged manufacturers to enter the field and/or upgrade their factories. Goold and Gendron were producing bicycles before 1890, H.A. Lozier, Welland Vale and Massey-Harris by 1895. By the late 1890's, the demand for bicycles was beginning to weaken and Canadian manufacturers began to realize that too many bicycles were being produced and also that cost cutting, price reductions and improved production methods were not enough to maintain the industry. The five largest Canadian producers, which together accounted for about 85% of the market, decided to bring order to the market by controlling the supply of cycles and in 1899 joined their cycle making operations together to form CCM. Their object was to reduce production and competition in order to maintain prices, as well as modernizing their plants and equipping a factory to produce automobiles. The collapse of the bicycle market in 1899 and questionable financial management led to a reorganization of the company in 1902. Branch offices and factories were closed and reduced production was concentrated in the former Lozier plant in Toronto Junction. The company survived until 1911 until bicycle sales stabilized and began to climb again. By 1914 business was much improved and a new facility was built in Weston, ON which opened in 1917. Until the 1960's CCM grew and prospered. After that time outside factors such as economic instability, high interest rates and foreign competition as well internal problems such as poor labour relations, failure to modernize the plant and unsuccessful changes to the marketing policy led to the eventual bankruptcy of CCM in 1983 (Refs 1-2).

Function

A human-powered personal transportation or recreational vehicle for one person.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

white label on chain guard with gold lettering reads 'C.C.M. IMPERIAL 700'/ silver, white and black label on head tube reads 'CCM/ MADE IN CANADA'/ label on seat tube reads 'CCM'/ metallic lettering on gear shifter reads 'STURMEY/ ARCHER/ ENGLAND' and '3 SPEED'/ silver plate with black lettering on saddle back reads 'FLYTE'/ raised lettering on tires reads 'DUNLOP RANGER', MADE IN CANADA' and '26 1 3/8/ E.A.3 RIM'

Missing

appears complete

Finish

frame painted gold (not original)/ chrome? plated handlebar, chain guard, gear shifter, brake handles, fenders and stays, rims, pedals, parts/ rear fender painted white at end/ brown and white saddle/ gold hand grips/ white cable covering/ red reflector in metallic housing/ black pedals/ black tires with white walls

Decoration

white painted linear and crown designs on front forks and down tube