What is this?

[gotavan]

I went over to a guy's barn and there are some bikes I wondered what this one is ? The headbadge is painted over and the mud in there is bad I sank to my ankles just to take a pic of it.

I did get a couple bike out of there, they are up against the wall in this picture 1 boys western flyer, it's the black one, and a boys rollfast, the blue one.

yeah the good ones are always buried.

 

[Crassly]

I believe the one you are asking about is a Colson. Has a Colson chainring and the rear loop frame construction.

 

[Unchained]

Hopefully you can make away with all of those eventually Crassly is right, that is deifnitely a Colson, as is the frame behind it. They were often re-badged for stores or for companies like Firestone. It was probably made between 1949 and 1953. Here's a complete one I had:

http://i41.tinypic.com/20zcwzq.jpg

 

[user 135]

Very cool frame. I would love to have one of those Colson w/looptail.

 

[Rat Rod]

I'm with you Clancy....Mongoose has corrupted all of us in our 30s...ha ha!

 

[user 135]

I'm with you Clancy....Mongoose has corrupted all of us in our 30s...ha ha!

I got one (Kona humuhumu....), I need more.

 

[Rat Rod]

Here's my dream looptail...

 

[jaydub]

Here's my dream looptail...

I agree with you too.. Barns in my neck of the woods are getting far and few in between

 

[Walker]

That's a SUPER LONG seat post on the blue bike!

 

[skoda]

That's my dream looptail, right there in the first post. Yes, that is indeed a Colson looptail, a very, very cool bike. That's a Goodyear Wings Marathon headbadge. If you get it and want to sell it, let me know.

 

[Hooch]

I had one of these frames ant it went all the way to Norway!
it was a clipper frame like this

 

[skoda]

I love those bikes. The Bullnose version may be my favorite of all time (today). :wink:

 

[rms37]

The brown and cream bike behind the blue Colson is a late 40's Cleveland Welding built bike.

 

[Unchained]

The brown and cream bike behind the blue Colson is a late 40's Cleveland Welding built bike.

Oops, that is right! It looked very much like another Colson back there. Colsons are great bikes, I want to find an original flying ace someday...

 

[Danimal]

Yup, Colsons. Looptails are cool even if Mongoose did copy it.

If you pick them up for cheap, I would be interested in purchasing either one (the blue or brown).

Dan

 

[gotavan]

several of the other bikes over there, he wants to trade them for some of my junk.

I took the jc higgins

I left these hanging

a pair of trikes in the mud shed

This is the westernflyer

Rollfast

the jc higgins sears

 

[roadmaster]

so many old bikes... so many ideas!!! if those were mine, my wife would prabably report me m.i.a. :mrgreen:

 

[gotavan]

I went back and traded some model A parts for another 7 bikes, I will probably just take these to Ann Arbor next month and try to sell them. The Colson has a Wings headbadge by Goodyear.

 

[Unchained]

COOL! I love the springer + guard on the women's Jc Higgins. Pm sent...

 

[stretch]

dang! beat me to it..