Canadian bicycles - Old Bicycles

Cycletech Canada Ltd. From Calgary, Alberta focused on Mountain Bikes

July 22, 2023 bicycle brand names cycletech tech No Comments

tech the bicycle brand name I first noticed this brand of bicycles more than 10 years ago when I acquired a tech Nova. I knew nothing about the brand name and I do not think that I had ever seen it before. I began to search for more information about…

Sekine Canada head badges from different years

June 26, 2023 Canadian bicycles Sekine Canada 2 Comments

As requested Sekine Canada head badges. diamond: 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1981 Medialle: 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 Maple leaf : 1980 Eagle: 1981

Royal Knights Bicycle Company of Montreal from the 1970s

June 25, 2023 Canadian bicycles Royal Knight No Comments

The Royal Knights brand name of bicycles was a short lived brand in Quebec. The Royal Knights brand name was the creation of two Japanese companies who contracted a Canadian company to assemble the bicycles in Canada. This was one of the first of a series of ventures by foreign…

Sekine Serial Numbers

March 21, 2021 Sekine Canada 22 Comments

Sekine serial numbers found in Canada and the USA from 1972 to 1981. I have collected approximately 200 serial numbers from Sekine brand bicycles found in North America. The serial numbers are almost always found on the bottom bracket. In studying the Sekine frame serial numbers it has been found…

A shorty history of Sekine Canada Ltd.

March 19, 2021 Sekine Canada No Comments

Sekine Canada: timeline 1971 Sekine bicycle imports from Japan begin by HD Paul and Company. 1973 Sekine Canada Ltd. is formed. 1973 August first assembled bicycles from Rivers are shipped. 1974 55,000 bicycles assembled, half of what was projected. (Winnipeg Free Press 1978 May 31 ) 1976 June – Bicycle…

A short history of Sekine Industrial of Japan

March 19, 2021 Sekine Canada No Comments

Sekine of Japan: Timeline I have found several dates for the founding or formation of the Sekine Company, from 1912 to 1923. Since 1946 the name of the company has changed several times: The Sekine brand bicycles appear to have been popular in Japan up to the 1980s. They made…