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donp
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hi, i was given a bike last night. i was told it is a 1941 colson. the head badge says ROADKING on it. i spent most of the night doing internet searches for colson, and roadking, but did not come up with much info other than colson became colson-evens (or was it evans-colson?) sometime in the later years of the companies history. i saw a few pics of some colson bikes, but none that looked exactly like the one i have. the bike i have is a girls model, and i did see some frames that looked similar, rear racks that looked exactly the same from side views, and a couple with the same rear mounted fold up type kick stand that lifts the rear tire off the ground.
one odd part in particular is the neck. mine has the bolt threaded into the neck closer to the rider, rather than out front. i was told this was a distinguishing trademark of colson, but none of the bikes i saw in the pics had this neck.
i'm wondering if any one could give me some info, or tell me where i can find some info on colson, or roadking. this bike needs some serious restoration as it has been spray painted red. every single part was spray painted red lol. i would like to add this bike to my collection which includes a 51 jc higgins, 48 schwinn black phantom, 48 schwinn ladies hollywood deluxe, 61 schwinn ladies hollywood, 2 1980 schwinn beach cruisers, a 1980 schwinn cruiser 5, 1971 schwinn collegiate 5 speed, a 1968 schwinn breeze? 3 speed, and bike no.5 1974 centurion tri athelon racer.
thanks for any help.
don
one odd part in particular is the neck. mine has the bolt threaded into the neck closer to the rider, rather than out front. i was told this was a distinguishing trademark of colson, but none of the bikes i saw in the pics had this neck.
i'm wondering if any one could give me some info, or tell me where i can find some info on colson, or roadking. this bike needs some serious restoration as it has been spray painted red. every single part was spray painted red lol. i would like to add this bike to my collection which includes a 51 jc higgins, 48 schwinn black phantom, 48 schwinn ladies hollywood deluxe, 61 schwinn ladies hollywood, 2 1980 schwinn beach cruisers, a 1980 schwinn cruiser 5, 1971 schwinn collegiate 5 speed, a 1968 schwinn breeze? 3 speed, and bike no.5 1974 centurion tri athelon racer.
thanks for any help.
don