It looks like the bikes built up here in Canada. There is a shop here in Vancouver that has one and I asked about it. The sales person said it was built by a local guy who was also the shop's head mechanic a few years ago. From what I was told the guy didn't build for a long time and stopped building in the early-80s. good luck, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Vancouver, B.C.
PS: if any locals what to check out the frame I saw for sale it's in the little shop on Commercial ave. a couple blocks up from the Cuban breakfast place.
On Monday, Jan 30, 2006, at 18:37 US/Pacific, Jim Langley wrote:
> 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/
> 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/