MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Fall 2020

“I wanted to save the planet … I wanted to save bikes from the landfill.” With a workshop that always has a bike or two in the stand, and nearly 3,200 square feet of storage, Foxall is always looking for more bikes and the paraphernalia related to them. He searches barns, scours the internet and when something unusual pops up, Foxall is usually the first guy people contact. When a one-of-a-kind, 1940s CCM full- suspension prototype popped up at DanField Antiques in Clarksburg, he knew about it before anyone. He bought it within three days. That bike came with a CCM tool kit and a bunch of old bicycle tools, too. Which is also something he can’t resist. “I can’t get enough of those CCM service cabinets,” he says. “I probably have the largest collection there is. It’s like the old lamps, too; I can’t stop collecting them.” He’s referring to the old carbide bicycle lamps from the late 1800s early 1900s. So how did Foxall become the King of Bikes? “I have just always liked bikes,” he says. “I just always gravitated toward them, even when I was a young kid. I loved the ‘80s beach cruiser bikes, the old Norcos, then of course the BMX bikes. I’ve always appreciated every style of bike for what it is, whether I ride that style or not. They’re all unique and they’re all works of art. I really like the history of them, but then I like new stuff too.” Twenty-two years ago when he started Backpeddling he only dealt in used bikes. “I wanted to save the planet,” he says. “I wanted to save bikes from the landfill. At that time I was dragging banana seat bikes back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tart Your Digital Transformation www.Collingwood.ca/Digital 8F.&G'HI'J+0'5%.0&,0&%&"0KJ0$&%G*$%&## - 6 & & : & 6 :& M