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>> tonyhoar@shaw.ca
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>> http://www.tonystrailers.com
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>> Tony Hoar owned the company Canadian Bicycle Specialties which made CBS
>> bikes. Many were made by a frame builder from Japan named Koichi Seki
>> who was previously employed by the Canadian/Japanese bicycle manufacturer
>> Sekine. (Sekine were made in Manitoba during the late 70's to early
>> 80's before closing down. Sekine made the occastional custom bike.) Tony
>> doesn't know how many CBS bikes were made..perhaps 100. His current
>> project is designing trailers for the homeless both for scavenging and as
>> a type of bicycle tent trailer.
>>
>> Richard Miller
>> http://www.fairfieldbicycle.com
>>
>> ---- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Langley" <jim@jimlangley.net>
>> 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/
>>> 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/