I just looked at a 24" Colson loop tail last night, I walked away from it though. I still might be working a trade for it though.
The reason I walked away was because there was something really wrong with the crank, there was tons of play in it. Normally that wouldn't be an issue for me but heres where I got tossed for a loop :lol: (get it?)... The BB was really small, maybe 1 1/2" in diameter, and the BB was two pieces.
On one quadrant (say 3:00) the bottom half of the BB hinged into a tab on the top half of the BB; and at the opposite quadrant (say 9:00) it was bolted to the top half of the BB. I have seen this once in pictures and it was on an early 1900's Indian but never the real deal. So what's the deal? If it needed bearings or something could I find them? Oh ya... and one of the pedals was welded on :roll: Other then that the bike was sweet cool colors, good paint, all around nice. Is it worth getting?
The reason I walked away was because there was something really wrong with the crank, there was tons of play in it. Normally that wouldn't be an issue for me but heres where I got tossed for a loop :lol: (get it?)... The BB was really small, maybe 1 1/2" in diameter, and the BB was two pieces.
On one quadrant (say 3:00) the bottom half of the BB hinged into a tab on the top half of the BB; and at the opposite quadrant (say 9:00) it was bolted to the top half of the BB. I have seen this once in pictures and it was on an early 1900's Indian but never the real deal. So what's the deal? If it needed bearings or something could I find them? Oh ya... and one of the pedals was welded on :roll: Other then that the bike was sweet cool colors, good paint, all around nice. Is it worth getting?