From: "Jim Langley" <jim@jimlangley.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:37:21 -0800
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