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Thanks for bringing this thread back from the dead guys. Since my last post, I've modded my Del Sol with a laidback post similar to Henry's. It doesn't look all that cool, but it is comfy... :D

I second these last 2 posts. Both John's book and Derek(aka fatbike) are a wealth of Colson information.

Ok, first of all, please delete my post and advise me where to ask about this if you'd rather I didn't clutter up your How-To thread. I'm trying to service the rear Musselman(Elgin) hub on my girl's Miss America. I am using your thread here as a guide(Thank you!), but I've run across a little...

So who went and how was it??? I had to work in this relentless heat. I would have rather rode my bike and tossed a few back at the Tour de Fat. Any pics?

Nice! Very similar, but spacing between the curved bars is a little different. Also(as far as I've been told), LWB frames where only made 36 & 37. I'm thinking of building up a boadtracker-ish type bike with my leftovers.

Hey members. I picked this up a few months ago on The Cabe. I had been loooking for a tall-framed,long wheel base(LWB) prewar bike for some time. A fellow member there informed my about the 2yr only(36,37) Colson big frame bikes. He happened to have one for sale, and thats how my love affair...

I think I'm gonna keep it for a bit. If it works, I'll go through & change the fluid in the gearbox,lube all the grease fittings & clean it up. Don't know whether to have my buddy recover the seat or just clean up the tractor type seat under the cushion. It looks like it"s chrome, but it's...

Looks like I'm gonna get into tip-top physical shape in no time at all! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pL9PaCq ... re=related

Rose Bowl

Well, my girl drug me out to the local flea market. I've been wanting to go, but she always leaves super early. This time she decided to leave a bit later, so I got ready and headed out. We spent over 3 hrs walking around without finding anything. I don't know if it was the heat(102*),the fact...

Can you do me a big favor and Photoshop my beer-belly out? Thanks :mrgreen:

Thanks John and everyone else who attended yesterday's ride(I too am horrible with names). My girfriend and I had a last minute errand to run and ended up getting to HB around 12:30 or so. We drove around a bit, but didn't see anyone. We decided to find parking and ride around anyway. We were at...

Looks like I might be rollin out solo tomorrow. The old lady got home and we kinda got into it. So... I'm up with my friend Victoria and Jack :wink: Didn't get to cut up the aluminum tank plates, so u can go ahead and diss my "temporary" cardboard plates. Hope to see you in the morning...

Thanks for all the info. I'm planning to ride my Del Sol, which is the smoothest and lightest of all my bikes. I've ridden with the Coasters a couple times now. That did me in,especially cuz I rode my Twin Bar after working on it 'til 3am...and drinking of course. I'm going through her Miss...

Approximately how long is the ride? Trying to get my girl to go too, but she doesn't wanna kill herself out there. Should I lace up a 3spd, or should I be ok?

Got home late again last night, so I took a few early morning pics. Here is how she stands right now. Still gotta cut up some alum "tank"plates, but so far I bolted up the Hawthorne peaked,curve-braced fenders,Roadmaster springer,Luxury Liner chainring,skiptooth chain,deco stem,Wald bars...

Yeah, I'm not too crazy about the seatpost either, but it does make for a comfortable ride. I lowered it some & it looks a bit better. Hoping to take some pics today. Lost the rack,stock fenders,tires/wheels,chainguard & chainring. It's a mix of different bikes now, kinda like a real "rat" 8)

I did, about 13yrs ago. Been here at the Ford dealer for over 12...

If I can fit my bike in the trunk. Not too ez to stuff a bike in the back seat of a 2door.

Thanks man. Was kinda trying for the prewar ballooner look, but it wasn't quite cutting it. Ended up swapping out the wheels and tires for some heavy-duty alum rims & red-walled rubber from Chimichanga. Still haven't gotten a chance to get some pics. Stayed at work late working on my car and was...