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- OBJECT TYPE
- safety/mountain-touring hybrid/chain drive/diamond frame/mens
- DATE
- 1998
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0594.001
- MANUFACTURER
- CCM Cycle
- MODEL
- VRX6
- LOCATION
- Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- P9812086
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (ALUMINUM) FRAME, PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES, HANDLEBAR GRIPS, PEDALS/ SYNTHETIC REFLECTOR, DISK ON REAR WHEEL, WIRE COVERING, BOOTS COVERING SPRINGS, PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 171.0 cm
- Width
- 55.3 cm
- Height
- 104.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- CCM
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Saint-Georges
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- GENERALLY LATE 1990'S
- Canada
-
CANADIAN MADE BICYCLE. ORIGINAL CCM (CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR CO.) WAS FORMED IN 1899 & WAS LARGEST MFR. & SUPPLIER OF BICYCLES IN CANADA UNTIL MID 1950'S. IN 1983 PROCYCLE GROUP INC. PURCHASED ASSETS OF CCM TO CREATE CCM CYCLE (CCM HOLDINGS (1983) INC.), WHICH CONTINUED TO MFR. CCM BRAND BICYCLES. - Function
-
PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE FOR 1 PERSON. THIS HYBRID TYPE WAS INTENDED FOR USE ON STREETS AS TOURING BICYCLE OR IN RUGGED TERRAIN AS MOUNTAIN BIKE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LATE 1990'S MENS'S HYBRID BICYCLE WITH RST SUSPENSION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RED, SILVER & BLUE LABEL ON HEAD TUBE READS "CCM" WITH RED MAPLE LEAF/ RED & BLACK LABELS ON SIDES OF TOP TUBE READ "VRX.6" & "Since 1899"/ LABEL ON UNDERSIDE OF DOWN TUBE READS "P9812086"/ RED, BLACK, SILVER & BLUE LABEL ON SEAT TUBE READS "CCM/ ALUMINUM/ 60/ 61"; LABEL AT BASE READS "MADE IN/ FABRIQUE AU/ CANADA"/ RED & BLACK LABEL ON SIDES OF DOWN TUBE READ "CCM" & "PRO/ SERIES"/ RED & BLACK LABELS ON EACH SEAT STAY READ "Team Edition [SCRIPT]/ RED & WHITE LABELS ON FRONT FORKS READ "TEAM/ 281/ SERIES", "RST", "RST/ RAPID SUSPENSION/ TECHNOLOGY"/ WHITE LETTERING ON SEAT READS "PRO/ SERIES" WITH RED, WHITE & BLUE CCM LOGO/(SEE DECORATION)
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED WHITE/ RED PAINTED STEM & FORKS/ CHROME PLATED PARTS/ BLACK GRIPS, TIRES, SEAT, PEDALS, CABLE COVERINGS, TIRES, PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ RED, YELLOW & WHITE REFLECTORS, WHITE DISK
- Decoration
- MARKINGS: WHITE LETTERING ON PLASTIC DISK ON REAR WHEEL READS "SHIMANO HG/ HYPERGLIDE", ON & PEDAL CRANKS "SHIMANO/ ALTUS", & ON BRAKE HANDLES "SHIMANO"/ WHITE LETTERING READING "RITCHEY" & "LOGIC" WITH PATENT INFO. ON HEADSET/ LABEL ON DEXTER CHAIN STAY READS "ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY POWDER COATING" & "CCM"/ LABEL ON EACH RIM READS "26X1.5/1.95 ALLOY HEAT TREATED/ MADE IN U.S.A. RIGIDO"
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