1936

[OddJob]

Nice starting point! Hope you keep it ratty....love the wide bars! Rat on!

 

[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

The bikes in the ad look kinda plain, having never seen a colson it makes me wonder. I thought all the cool old bikes had fender lights and reflectors.
Still have ALOT to learn about the oldies.

Being this bike is from '36, it was more common to have bikes like this rather than super streamlined tank bikes with accessories. This was the common man bicycle. Marketed more toward adults rather than kids.

 

[Fv2]

That makes sense, the difference between modern man buying a farm truck or a sport truck.

 

[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

That makes sense, the difference between modern man buying a farm truck or a sport truck.

Also that ad I posted isn't exactly the same as the model I have. Mine is a little more deluxe than the one shown.

 

[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

Meeting Brian for lunch Monday to get the bike.

Just a heads up,

I plan on refurbishing this bike and keeping it original. No repaint. Using all original parts I can.


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[Chad T]

Sounds like the perfect plan for that bike. I'm totally new to vintage bikes as well. Neat to see one built with a low geegaw factor.

 

[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

Picked up the Colson today. After a light wipe down on the fork crown I can tell the black paint it's going to come back nicely.

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[The Renaissance Man]

Looking forward to the old paint resuscitation!

 

[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

Frame is now cleaned and cleared.

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[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

I think I want to put a basket on this one.


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[The Renaissance Man]

It has a nice warm glow. Looks great!

 

[kingfish254]

Man, you are working fast!!!! I only turned that over to you a few hours ago. Can't wait to see the fenders and guard pop like the frame. Great to see you again my friend. Enjoy the ride!

 

[OddJob]

Bike smokes good, like a Chesterfield should....oh wait, I think I got my signs mixed up in your shop! Great looking work space, like the mix of background images....is that a Muddy Fox bicycle banner ? (I can only see the "Muddy"..) That's gotta be a rare one!
You got a good, ratty, original patina bike there. The deals goin' down in Hot-lanta today....

 

[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

Bike smokes good, like a Chesterfield should....oh wait, I think I got my signs mixed up in your shop! Great looking work space, like the mix of background images....is that a Muddy Fox bicycle banner ? (I can only see the "Muddy"..) That's gotta be a rare one!
You got a good, ratty, original patina bike there. The deals goin' down in Hot-lanta today....

Yes! It's a muddy fox banner. I found it in an old bike shop rolled up in the back room.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looks great cleaned and cleared!

Luke.

 

[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

Fenders cleaned and cleared

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[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

Making the most of my day off. One of the most time consuming yet most rewarding jobs; cleaning the crank, sprocket and BB.

Every Colson i've refurbished had a ton of old harden grease coating the crank and sprocket. In the long run there is no better way to preserve it.

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[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

Unfortunately the Chainguard bracket was broken. But no worries. They reproduced a similar bracket for a similar guard. These bracket are meant to be adjustable so it's as simple as taking the old bracket off and putting the repop on. Lucky I already had a repop bracket.

Cleaned and cleared the guard...

New bracket looks good.

When I refurbish a bike I'm not looking to bring the bike back to original condition...that would be a restoration. What I'm trying to do is restore the patina the bike might have gotten from 20-30 year of use. No heavy rust, just smooth patina.

I've been wanting to use this for awhile now. I picked this up at the swap meet I host here in north Georgia last November.

I'm guessing Tyler Tx? (My name is Tyler)

Anyways, if I do this right, this bike should look like it should be sitting at the bay door of a speed shop in 1966.

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[American Vintage Bicycle Supply]

I'm bummed and thankful. Bummed because it broke. Thankful because I wasn't riding it when it broke.

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[LukeTheJoker]

I'm bummed and thankful. Bummed because it broke. Thankful because I wasn't riding it when it broke.

Eeek!

Luke.