Originally Posted by
noglider
Wow. I was going to say it looks American (because of the one-piece crank), but I was wrong! I've never seen an old CCM, but of course, we don't have many here at all.
The Rudge. That's the one bike I like better than the Raleigh Sports. Boy, would I love to have a men's Rudge my size. Please post pictures of that and your other bikes!
CCM's are to Canada what Schwinns are to the United States... we also have an abundance of old Raleighs here.
Most CCM bikes one sees have Astabula cranks - there was also an insert that replaced the American bottom bracket with an early cartridge that is used with a cottered axle / cranks. I suspect my bike originally had the cottered cranks and was upgraded at some point in it's life.
I had a nearly mint 1978 Raleigh Sports but then I got the Rudge (a 1948)... this was my rain bike all last summer and no bike I have ever owned rides any nicer. Those rod brakes work much better than one would think... even in the rain.
The Rudge was given to me last spring and it too was in rideable condition when I got it.
