COMPAX and PARATROOPER “The Folding Bikes”
Pre-War Era On December 23rd, 1937 a U.S. Patent was filed for a collapsible bicycle. The patent had six unique features to make it fold into a small space for… Read more »
Author Archives: Kenneth Kowal
The Columbia “MUSCLE BIKES”
There are several names they were called. Some called them “HIGH RISE” bikes after the tall, high rise handlebars they sported. Some called them “BANNANA BIKES” after the long banana… Read more »
Tandem Columbia’s
Columbia Tandem bicycles, there are basically two categories I will use to identify them, antique and modern. The antique were made from 1887 to 1899 and the modern from 1961… Read more »
The NEWSBOY SPECIAL
The Newsboy Special, to many Columbia bicycle aficionados the model is as familiar as the back of their hand. It is no surprise that it should be since it was… Read more »
Columbia Bicycle Factory History
The following is a brief historical timeline of the company that made Columbia Bicycles. Many histories of Colonel Albert A. Pope and the companies that he started have been written…. Read more »