{"id":5622,"date":"2013-03-04T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/04\/how-bicycles-were-made-in-canada-until-1983\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:20","slug":"how-bicycles-were-made-in-canada-until-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/04\/how-bicycles-were-made-in-canada-until-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bicycles Were Made in Canada (until 1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ZPS_iwoeJg\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">CCM made as many as 2500 bikes a day this way until they went bankrupt in 1983.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2011\/07\/24\/the_story_of_ccm_weston_plant_created_much_more_than_bikes_and_skates.html\">Story about CCM<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCM made as many as 2500 bikes a day this way until they went bankrupt in 1983. 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