Unwholesome Colson

[slacker]

Yeah! I finally picked up a prewar bike. And for cheap! It ain't pretty, but it is mine. This will be an adventure. It is soaking in WD-40 right now.

Gotta love the paint job. This is the first bike I have ever wanted to paint before i stripped it! What were they thinking? I suspect they were on drugs. :?

Yes. That Troxel seat is pink. Did Troxel ever make a pink seat? That will probably change.

What's so great about a skip tooth sprocket?

I know it's a Colson. Any more info? Year? How the heck do you date one of these things?

Wish me luck. I'll be happy just to get this thing apart without cutting tools.

 

[Hooch]

here you go here is a page from the 1936 catalog

 

[Big Fat Whitewalls]

That's cool! Now I see what's so great about a skip tooth sprocket. Dean

 

[slacker]

Thanks, Hooch. I have seen that catalog before. Never noticed the "code", however. Bakery? Bamboo? Ball? Any idea of the story behind the names?

I'll be hitting you and Sensor up for parts soon enough! I just need to sell off a couple of bikes to buy some parts to sell off a couple of bikes to buy some more parts. You know how that goes.

 

[user 135]

Yeah! I finally picked up a prewar bike. And for cheap! It ain't pretty, but it is mine. This will be an adventure. It is soaking in WD-40 right now.

I agree. Uncle Stretches "No Patina Rule" applies.

Cool find. The pink seat may just be faded leather

 

[Rat Rod]

Kinda looks like this snake swallowed a smurf.

 

[slacker]

The pink seat may just be faded leather

Nope, pink spray paint. I can still see parts that are a nice tan leather. How the heck is that gonna come off? I'm trying diluted nail polish remover first, unless some one else has a bright idea.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Sandblast/glassbead blast....wire brush on a sidegrinder......any kind of paint remover .....dynamite. There is a beautiful bike waiting underneath that prewar rat paint just waiting to be released from spray bomb heck. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: luv a colson

 

[slacker]

The original paint is dry and flaky. Not surprisingly, the spray bomb wasn't well applied, and flakes also. Acetone goes straight through to bare metal. Acetone for the win! Hope the girlfriend doesn't mind that I stole her nail polish remover.

 

[Rustinkerer]

I think the painter may have been suffering from dain bramage! That, or they just watched "Beetlejuice"! :lol: ~Adam

 

[GodHatesCleveland]

Yes. That Troxel seat is pink. Did Troxel ever make a pink seat?

Not that I know of, but they could have made a white seat purchased by a guy who loved red pants.

As far a the skip tooth chain is concerned, I like the feel they have under the feet vs than a regular chain, but that might be subjective.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Ok I have several skiptooth bikes and I cant notice any differance when I ride them. Maybe I'm too old and deaf to hear it ,but the only noticable differance I can find is the fear of a 60 year old chain breaking and ruining something I might need.

 

[dumpster_diver]

Good score! I picked one up off the bay. I cant wait to fix it up.

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Ok I have several skiptooth bikes and I cant notice any differance when I ride them. Maybe I'm too old and deaf to hear it ,but the only noticable differance I can find is the fear of a 60 year old chain breaking and ruining something I might need.

Yeah...
thats why i dont like skiptooths...
it doesnt feel very awesome