Originally Posted by
markk900
I fear you are correct: it is so sad to me that over the course of my own life two great Canadian companies have faded into (basically) brands only...... I grew up with CCM/SuperCycle made in Canada and the iconic red bike (I had a 26" coaster brake one as a kid); I spent 10 great years of my career working at "The Tire"; but now they are basically an importer for Asia Inc and as you point out
T-Mar even CCM is no longer a Canadian Made brand....
Supercycles used a mixture of foreign and domestic sources from almost their very beginning. Their biggest early foreign source was Raleigh of England. When Raleigh opened their Waterloo Quebec facility in 1972, it became a major supplier and was still being used by CTC for some models at least as recent as 10-12 years ago. It always amazed me that a Canadian bicycle company could still be competitive with Asian sources in the $100-$125 CDN MSRP price range, into the 21 st century (and they weren't just doing assembly, they were actually manufacturing the frames).