randyjawa 

I collect vintage Canadian racing and touring road bicycles. In my quest to find these bicycles, I run across lots of other very collectable bicycles, some are quite unusual and hard to find. My hope is to find at least one hundred collectable bicycles this year. So far, the total is about thirty ranging from a near mint Bianchi 841d to a pretty decent late sixties/early seventies LeJeune that is in the stand right now. Other bicycles include: early seventies Viking, early seventies Mercier(one blue, one pink), late sixties Torpado, late sixties Chiorda, several Peugeots, a Benotto, a Motobecane, a Jeunet, a Gitane, a Pinarello and others that don't come to mind right away. Anyone interested in trading a Canadian bike for something European or early Asian might want to get in touch. I might add that I have lots of components to trade also.

vpiuva

Welcome to bike forums. think I might have bid on some of your ebay items. There is a for trade thread in most of the subforums, sounds like C&V is the right place for you.

oldy57

I have dealt with Randy and met him in person. He is a great guy. He also has a nice website but I don't have the web address right now. I set him up with a bike collector in Regina and they did some trading. Nice to see you on this site.
Tom

skyrider

hey welcome randy. Good to see you here.

jet sanchEz

Hi Randy, I always check out your auctions since I am in Toronto and anything I buy from the states gets me a nice "brokerage" charge from the courier.

I have had a few nice Canadian bicycles in the past, a Marinoni, a Gardin and a Miele. They were all great and I still kick myself for selling the Marinoni. I also came very close to picking up a Cambio Rino track bike last year but it wouldn't fit me.

Welcome, lets see some pics of your collection!

moki

Hey Randy,

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a thing for Canadian bikes. this is my Mariposa:



and this is my wife's Proctor frameset (now built up as a SS w. flat bars)





Let's see some of yours!

From what I've seen, Canadian framebuilders have done some great work over the years, and continue to do so. In terms of "classics", I've seen some nice frames from Cambio Rino, Gardin, and Marinoni. CCM, despite the department store reputation, made some pretty cool bikes, especially cruisers. As for current builders I can think of, Mike Truelove (I <3), Naked Cycles, DeKerf, and True North are producing some very droolworthy frames. And what more could be said about Cervelo (anticarbonisti, we all know your views; I'm one of you, but still... the R3? come on!). And I've got a very soft spot in my heart for old Rocky Mountains.

I hope these builders keep on doing the thing.

Fiori

i have a very nice fiori, colombus sl tubing. but no pics, my camera is broken

divineAndbright

In the way of Canadian i've only heard of CCM, Miele, Fiori/Norco (if they are indeed Canadian built?), Marinoni, and Mariposa.. never heard of the other ones mentioned in this thread. (well I've heard of Rocky Mountain, but they're a lil newer). I don't come across all of the above as well, I'd like to find a high quality CCM myself.

I ride a '89 columbus SL Marinoni, but I'd never trade or sell that for anything:

cyclotoine

I have a 1989 Marinoni in 62cm I would trade, I also have a 1996 marinoni but I want market value fo it. Will send a PM.

thebikeguy

Does anyone know anything about high-end CCM road bikes built with Reynolds 501 tubing? It has Suntour Cyclone gears. I'm anxiously awaiting it's arrival. I'll know alot more when I get my grubby little hands on it. I have this pic for now. The bike has badging claiming "made in France"(?). I thought that all CCMs were built in Canada. I'm getting the bike with a bunch of others(all CCMs). I'll get some better pics when it arrives.

thebikeguy

ricohman

You wouldn't happen to have an early 80's Raleigh Criterium would you?
I have been searching in SK for one but have had no luck yet.

rnagaoka

Oh man, if I ever put my bike on the table like that, all hell would break loose!

TMB

I have a frame that was built for me way back in 1984 by Derek Bailey in Vancouver, mine didn't carry any logos, other ones he built at the time carried the Rocky Mountain Logos.

I have just had the bike re-furbed, painted etc by Sam Whittingham at Naked Designs in BC.

He does beautiful stuff, my next full bike is coming from there. Anyway, I was talking to Sam on the phone this afternoon, and he said he is inundated with work right now - I think that is a good thing.

T-Mar

Reynolds 501 would make the bicycle from the ProCycle era, after CCM went bankrupt and the rights to the brand were purchased by ProCycle. At this time ProCycle was manufacturing Peugeot under license for the USA and Canada and distributing the higher end models made in France. It looks that they may have struck a deal with Peugeot to have them make some mid-range models under the CCM brand.

Fiori

well i know most of the fioris were built in Japan, mine is colombus sl, do you all think it still would have been built in Japan?

oldy57

How is this for a Canadian lightweight. 1972 Mariposa with original paint. I was at a friends place and he brought this out for me to look at. He is the original owner of this very rare frame. He was also the co-owner at the time. John Palmer and Mike Barry started Mariposa in 1969. This is one of the last frames they built together before John left. This is John's own frame. John's family bike history goes back to the 1890's. John raced bikes in the 50's and as of last year he did a few timetrials at I think 69 years old. John still has his 1955 Elliot race bike. Here is a few pics of the Mariposa.
I will be riding the Lake Pepin 3 Speed Tour in 2 weeks with John.

divineAndbright

oldy57: oh my, that sure is gorgeous!

robo

I think DeKerf recently quit the framebuilding business...

moki

And I thought I had the only Mariposa in Manitoba! I had the good fortune of meeting Mr Palmer at Olympia Cycle. He was checking out my Mariposa, which I found quite unusual, given that it looks like a rusty heap compared to all the glossy aluminum and carbon in the shop. I was floored when I discovered that he was indeed one of the founders Mariposa! Very nice gentleman. Have a great time on your tour, oldy57.

On the subject of cdn lightweights, I spotted a "Gresco" at my LBS. Reynolds 531, very nice long point lugs, an Ontario coat of arms on the head tube, and a trillium on the downtube(!). About as Canadian as Harvey's toques and rolling up the rim. I know it's a long shot, but has anyone else heard of this Marque?

Antipodes

Hi Randy. This is nothing very special, but I found this Canadian Peugeot PB-9 for $20 today: