Nashman
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
With all due respect that bicycle ( 1941 New World posted by Mig "what bicycle you rode today") looks SO......Canadian/English. We rode CCM's and Raleighs, and Gliders in the 1950's-70's up here in Canada. Many were 28" x 1 1/2" tires, 26" x 1 3/8" ( Dunlops, Raleighs etc.) and were lightweight single speed or 3 speed Sturmey Archer, simple basic frames such as this ( considered boring compared to the jet/motorcycle/space themed American ballooners and middleweights/later lightweights). Muscle bikes came along in the late1960's same brands, ( CCM/Canadian Cycle and Motor company, Mustangs/fastbacks, Raleigh choppers etc. great quality) few off shore brands/cheaper made in some European countries, then 10 speeds came along. Good quality. Italy, France, even Japan. Then came China and there's no looking back.
I had a few nice Canadian bicycles as a collector back in the 1980's. Some were CCM "motorbikes" with double top tubes ( 28 x 1- 1/2 tires) and there was a 26 x 2" CCM balloon tire I've seen quite a few of/even posted on the Cabe. Some of my early CCM's had wood rims and very ornate headbadges. There is quite a rich history of Canadian and European bicycles out there. PLEASE contribute if you wish. I had a minty condition 1957 Raleigh Robin Hood Sherwood Arrow 3 speed Sturmey Archer with a dyno ( generator) in the front hub and rear light, all original down to the cable brakes, seat and grips. That bike could fly!! Miller was a common bike light generator ( on front or rear wheel/really dragged you down at night!!) and rear light. Great quality. We had some American made accessories, some Japan battery operated.
Of course with Canada being a British colony, we had lots of British bicycles, accessories, motorcycles and cars.I quote: “ Canada's final vestige of legislative dependence on the United Kingdom was terminated in 1982 with the enactment of the Canada Act, subsequently providing Canada with full legal legislative sovereignty independent of the United Kingdom”.
One of/if not THE most desireable was the CCM Flyte with reverse bowed front forks and stays on the rear. QUOTE:
Things finally warmed up at CCM in 1935 when Harvey Webb Peace3 , the Chief Engineer (later Factory Manager) at CCM for several decades, decided to break away from the mould. CCM were by now located in a large, vertically integrated factory in Weston, Ontario (NW Toronto), having long outgrown the pre-WWI location at The Junction nearer town.
The CCM Flyte: The CCM Flyte, his lasting masterpiece, was a very unusual bicycle. Produced for just 5 years, from 1936-1940, before war clouds shut down most bicycle production in Canada, the Flyte remains a much sought-after collector machine to this day. It was also the only bicycle design that CCM ever patented4.
https://vintageccm.com/content/good-day-ccm-flyte-info-please
I quote:
Application for patent filed on October 23, 1935.
Patent no. 358849 granted on June 30, 1936.
The Invention:
The principal objects of this invention are to provide a bicycle of an unusual novel and attractive appearance which will have a distinct appeal to the eye in conformance with the line adopted in the streamlining of vehicles and further, to utilize the streamline effect of design to accomplish a very distinct improvement in the riding qualities of the bicycle to effect the absorbing of road shocks and further, to provide a very desirable form of bicycle having a distinctly novel appeal. The principal features of the invention consist in the novel construction of the main frame whereby the upper bar is curved to meet the rear ends of the lower fork and to form a continuous part therewith and the front forks are curved downwardly with their lower ends bent rearwardly to form a resilient front support corresponding in part with the resilient rear fork.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is the side elevational view of my improved streamlined resilient bicycle. Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the fork head of the front fork. Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the frame connections at the juncture of the top bar and upper end of the rear fork. Figure 4 is a sectional front elevational view of the upper rear fork connection shown in Figure 3. Figure 5 is an enlarged side elevational detail of the rear wheel support.
Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through the structure illustrated in
Figure 5.
In the manufacture of bicycles, it has been the practice for many years to construct the frame in accordance with a “standard” pattern which in side elevation is substantially diamond-shape or of a rhomboid formation with the rear forks extending substantially horizontally from the crank bracket and mating the rear braces or upper forks at an acute angle where the axle of the wheel is mounted in slotted brackets and the front forks of said “standard” type of bicycles slope straight down from the head or front end of the frame having a slight curve forward for the castor effect. In the “standard” type of bicycle, the frame and forks are perfectly rigid and the shocks and vibrations of road travel are carried directly through the frame and transmitted to the rider. It is the dual purpose of this invention to devise a bicycle which will be easier to ride, its construction being such as to eliminate most of the minor vibrations and many of the major ones, or at least to greatly soften the transmission of such to the rider and further, to provide a bicycle which will appeal to the eye as conforming to present day standards of streamlining effects. In carrying these ideas into practice, I have constructed a bicycle as shown in the accompanying drawings.
Harvey W. Peace
Assignor to Canada Cycle and Motor Limited
I had a few nice Canadian bicycles as a collector back in the 1980's. Some were CCM "motorbikes" with double top tubes ( 28 x 1- 1/2 tires) and there was a 26 x 2" CCM balloon tire I've seen quite a few of/even posted on the Cabe. Some of my early CCM's had wood rims and very ornate headbadges. There is quite a rich history of Canadian and European bicycles out there. PLEASE contribute if you wish. I had a minty condition 1957 Raleigh Robin Hood Sherwood Arrow 3 speed Sturmey Archer with a dyno ( generator) in the front hub and rear light, all original down to the cable brakes, seat and grips. That bike could fly!! Miller was a common bike light generator ( on front or rear wheel/really dragged you down at night!!) and rear light. Great quality. We had some American made accessories, some Japan battery operated.
Of course with Canada being a British colony, we had lots of British bicycles, accessories, motorcycles and cars.I quote: “ Canada's final vestige of legislative dependence on the United Kingdom was terminated in 1982 with the enactment of the Canada Act, subsequently providing Canada with full legal legislative sovereignty independent of the United Kingdom”.
One of/if not THE most desireable was the CCM Flyte with reverse bowed front forks and stays on the rear. QUOTE:
Things finally warmed up at CCM in 1935 when Harvey Webb Peace3 , the Chief Engineer (later Factory Manager) at CCM for several decades, decided to break away from the mould. CCM were by now located in a large, vertically integrated factory in Weston, Ontario (NW Toronto), having long outgrown the pre-WWI location at The Junction nearer town.
The CCM Flyte: The CCM Flyte, his lasting masterpiece, was a very unusual bicycle. Produced for just 5 years, from 1936-1940, before war clouds shut down most bicycle production in Canada, the Flyte remains a much sought-after collector machine to this day. It was also the only bicycle design that CCM ever patented4.
https://vintageccm.com/content/good-day-ccm-flyte-info-please
I quote:
Application for patent filed on October 23, 1935.
Patent no. 358849 granted on June 30, 1936.
The Invention:
The principal objects of this invention are to provide a bicycle of an unusual novel and attractive appearance which will have a distinct appeal to the eye in conformance with the line adopted in the streamlining of vehicles and further, to utilize the streamline effect of design to accomplish a very distinct improvement in the riding qualities of the bicycle to effect the absorbing of road shocks and further, to provide a very desirable form of bicycle having a distinctly novel appeal. The principal features of the invention consist in the novel construction of the main frame whereby the upper bar is curved to meet the rear ends of the lower fork and to form a continuous part therewith and the front forks are curved downwardly with their lower ends bent rearwardly to form a resilient front support corresponding in part with the resilient rear fork.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is the side elevational view of my improved streamlined resilient bicycle. Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the fork head of the front fork. Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the frame connections at the juncture of the top bar and upper end of the rear fork. Figure 4 is a sectional front elevational view of the upper rear fork connection shown in Figure 3. Figure 5 is an enlarged side elevational detail of the rear wheel support.
Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through the structure illustrated in
Figure 5.
In the manufacture of bicycles, it has been the practice for many years to construct the frame in accordance with a “standard” pattern which in side elevation is substantially diamond-shape or of a rhomboid formation with the rear forks extending substantially horizontally from the crank bracket and mating the rear braces or upper forks at an acute angle where the axle of the wheel is mounted in slotted brackets and the front forks of said “standard” type of bicycles slope straight down from the head or front end of the frame having a slight curve forward for the castor effect. In the “standard” type of bicycle, the frame and forks are perfectly rigid and the shocks and vibrations of road travel are carried directly through the frame and transmitted to the rider. It is the dual purpose of this invention to devise a bicycle which will be easier to ride, its construction being such as to eliminate most of the minor vibrations and many of the major ones, or at least to greatly soften the transmission of such to the rider and further, to provide a bicycle which will appeal to the eye as conforming to present day standards of streamlining effects. In carrying these ideas into practice, I have constructed a bicycle as shown in the accompanying drawings.
Harvey W. Peace
Assignor to Canada Cycle and Motor Limited
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