Re: [CR]Can you help ID this 1980s "CBS" tourer?

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From: "SherryB" <catlover@ii.ca>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Can you help ID this 1980s "CBS" tourer?
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:30:08 -0800
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Hi all: I don't remember the fellow's name, CBS (Canadian Bicycle Specialists) bikes were made in a small shop in the Fairfield area here in Victoria BC, in the 80's. As you might imagine, his full-531 frames were quite popular locally. His work was superb: when I (foolishly) decided to modernize my Gitane TdF with braze-ons, I had CBS do the work, and it was top notch. Cheers, Sherry Buttnor. Victoria BC.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langley
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 6:37 PM
Subject: [CR]Can you help ID this 1980s "CBS" tourer?



> An unusual bicycle (to us) turned up at a recent Trips For Kids auction up
> here and I'm trying to help the owner find out more about it. I've posted
> the pictures he sent at this link http://www.jimlangley.net/cbs_bike.jpg
> If
> you can identify it, we'd sure appreciate it. Notice the CBS on the
> seatstay
> caps and the shift lever that operates the Sanyo bottom-bracket generator.
> My best guess is that this is a Japanese-made bike but I can't place it
> (it
> reminds me of the Specialized Expedition). I imagine it has no great
> collectible value or perhaps even interest, but I thought someone might
> know
> of the company CBS. Thanks a lot for taking a look, and ride safe!
>
> Jim Langley
> Santa Cruz, CA
> PS: If you enjoy old cycling comedies and have a broadband internet
> connection and Flash Player, follow this link to Jacques Tati's School for
> Postmen, a +/- 20-minute cycling movie from 1947:
> http://www.jimlangley.net/spin/Tati.html