Eastern Canada - Canadian Tire 12-speed circa 1982

My first bike, which I got in 1974, was what they now call a "cruiser," but back then was just the kind of bike that boys liked.
My second bike was a red Sekine 10-speed, and I rode that thing all over town.
I saved up my paper route money and bought my third bike at Canadian Tire in 1982. It was a brown 12-speed road bike. I rode it that summer with a friend from Hamilton to Leamington and back.

I've been wracking my brains, but I just cannot remember the make and model of that bike. Would anyone have any idea how to go about searching for bikes sold at Canadian Tire in the early 1980s? Google wasn't any help. Would there be a storehouse of Canadian Tire catalogues somewhere on the net?

Would anyone have any idea how to go about searching for bikes sold at Canadian Tire in the early 1980s? Google wasn't any help. Would there be a storehouse of Canadian Tire catalogues somewhere on the net?

I think we all got our bikes at Canadian Tire back then.. :)

A couple of ideas. 1. Have you asked CT directly? 2. University library's archived periodical section. I mention this because when I studied at SMU in Halifax in the late 90's, I used to browse their archived issues of PC Magazine going back decades. Imagine seeing an advertisement for a PC at 25 Mhz with 640K ram selling for $2,500! Maybe an archived issue of some sporting magazine from that era might have an advertisement for your bike.

Good luck.

Some good suggestions there. I like the idea of asking someone at the Tire directly. I think I'll try that!

Still, I might have thought there'd be an arcane hobbyist with a storehouse of this sort of information in an obscure corner of the intarwebs somewhere.

My first CTC bike was a Supercycle...I think they also sold Flyers and Gliders back then

try posting in classic and vintage forums. They re up on that kind of stuff.

I think most Canadian Tire bicycles have been Supercycle/CCM machines. Just for reference, take a peek at my red Sekine (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=230776). Look familiar?

Yes I think I can help. I bought a new bike around that time, a 12 speed excalibur, light brown in colour.Does that ring a bell? It came with michelin tires, sand coloured handlebar tape, shifters were on the down tube. Oh and the seat was covered in a nice brown velour, which wore down as the miles racked up!

Sorry, I meant to say the seat had was brown suede.

Hey, whoa!! That's it!! Yeah, it was light brown, and the seat was this brown velour or suede type thing. Thanks for coming to this thread and mentioning this.

Got any more info? Any pictures, or anything?

My friend has been riding an old Excalibur since it was new and has logged 10's of thousands of km on it... it was and is a fairly well made bike.

My first CTC bike was a Supercycle...I think they also sold Flyers and Gliders back then

Glider was Eaton's store brand if I recall correctly.

Sorry, no pics. After I bought a hybrid at a local bike shop, I gave the bike to a buddy. He put it in his mouldy basement where it sat for years. He since bought a house and I believe he just left it there.
Maybe I should see if it is still around! Of course this all happened before I got the bike bug.