Manufacturers had to cater to a smaller, more specialized market after 1900.

CCM Rambler Motorbike, 1941

After 1900, much to the dismay of cycling enthusiasts, automobiles became, and have remained, the preferred method of personal transportation in Canada and most of the developed world. Canadian cycle makers had to tailor their products and production levels to reflect this new reality. They began to cater more to the young and specialist riders. C.C.M.’s “Joycycle” children’s tricycles (871207) and other juvenile models increasingly became the mainstay of cycle sales for the company. Equally important were sturdy, all-purpose designs like the “Rambler Motorbike” (900034) of 1941.

CCM Light Delivery bicycle, ca 1930

Most major manufacturers also made “working” models, like C.C.M.’s “Light Delivery” bicycle of the 1930s (880307) and Raleigh’s “Low Gravity Carrier” (930043) of the 1970s. As well, serious adult cyclists could always find very well-built, specially equipped machines, for example, the Humphrey “GT-101 Duomatic” (850353) from the late 1940s, to meet their requirements.