The farm bike. Help with year and model?

Submitted by CalgaryCCM on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 16:29

Pulled our old bike out of the attic last week and started to work on it.  Bike has no remaining badges but has a CCM 1937 patented hub. The serial number on the seat post does not have a letter in it so not sure what to make of that? Serial number is 60101 with a 3 below it.  Bike has 26inch F12 tires, which by luck I found at a local bike shop.  The size seems small so I think it is a boy's bike? Wheels have 2 pinstripes over maroon paint.

Any ideas on year  and model of this bike?

Thanks for any insight on this bike!

 

9 Comments

Submitted by CalgaryCCM on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 16:54.

Pictures..see if this works.

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Submitted by Cbgimse on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 20:30.

That lower 3 could be a poorly stamped B

Submitted by Brian R. on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 23:26.

From what I've seen, juvenile bikes often did not have a letter code. It looks c.1949 to me. I had a '49 Mens bike with seat stays that attached to the seat tube in the same way. By the late '50s / early '60s the rear hub would be newer than the "37" and the rims would be chrome. Is the rear fender chrome? If so it's probably not original to the bike.

Submitted by CalgaryCCM on Thu, 11/29/2018 - 23:54.

Great site! Thanks for the info.  The fender is chrome.. Looking at some the catalogues the gold colour on the headset is mentioned so I think we are narrowing done the year.  It has been painted sometime in the past...barn red no doubt.

 

 

Submitted by Brian R. on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 00:20.

Here is the bike I mentioned with the same style of welding the seat stays to the down tube in '49. Earlier bikes had a different design. So 1949-1956 is my best guess, leaning toward the earlier years.

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Submitted by CalgaryCCM on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 14:12.

Thanks for the info! First ride! Knee's are almost touching handlebars.smiley

 

 

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Submitted by CalgaryCCM on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 14:46.

More pics

 

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Submitted by T-Mar on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 11:34.

While some bicycles with this frame style were manufactured in late 1949, they would be 1950 models, as that was the first model year for this design. When the last character was a letter, CCM often would stamp it below the number sequence, so that may well be a partially stamped 'B', which would indicate a 1950 manufacture.

CCM called this model a Boy's Juvenile, with Roadster being implied. Given the head badge style and chainwheel, it was not marketed as a CCM. While it may have been sold under another CCM brand name, it is most likely one of the numerous brands that were contract manufactured by CCM. 

Submitted by CalgaryCCM on Mon, 12/03/2018 - 23:06.

Wow! Thanks for your passion on bikes!  Great info.