CCM used to be Canada's top bicycle manufacturer. Now they source cheap foreign-made bikes and stick their decals on them. Or to be more accurate have the factory in Asia stick the decals on for them. They haven't made or even assembled a bike in this country for a long time.
Remember the Schwinn Stingray back in the sixties (for those of you that old)? It was the original "chopper" with hi-rise bars and a banana seat. Shortly after it came out CCM released their version, the Mustang. A year or so after that they came out with the Scrambler with its funky dual top tube that curved into the seat stays. I wanted one so bad! Alas my parents, practical creatures that they were, bought me a standard 26" wheel "gentleman's bicycle" complete with East European Sturmy-Archer knock-off three speed gears (which I promptly stripped as no one taught me how to properly shift). So yesterday as I approached Capital Expresso for my after-work iced americano there was this vintage CCM Scrambler, the bike of my childhood dreams, complete with kickstand: http://www.photoshop.com/users/knarftheriault/assets/a7c6514eac584a7ea3b43cf0755a8c97 *http://tinyurl.com/7jwbmas* Sorry about the long post but this bike really took me down memory lane. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
