WESTERN FLYER WEDNESDAY

[tripple3]

I was gonna save this for next week's Western Flyer Wednesday. Oh well....screw it. Anyone ever seen one of these?? :eek: @sm2501

I wondered if this was another Wednesday thread that is not Day specific…

Shelby built Western Flyer

 

[SchwinnSchwing]

fordmike, That looks almost identical to an old Colson tandem. The only difference I can see is there's one extra bar between the front 2 down tubes on the Western Flyer

 

[SchwinnSchwing]

I picked up an x53 a couple months ago. Mine's the red & chrome. I saw someone say that color has to be a 53-55. Anyone know if that's the case? I've seen them in several different color combos

 

[fordmike65]

fordmike, That looks almost identical to an old Colson tandem. The only difference I can see is there's one extra bar between the front 2 down tubes on the Western Flyer

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Good eye! Yeah, I did know it was a 38-41-ish Colson tandem. That's exactly why I tagged the Colson Guru Scott McCaskey
Until recently I never knew there were any Western Flyer badged Colsons.

 

[SchwinnSchwing]

So were they made by Colson FOR Western Flyer? I wonder if the extra down tube, cross brace was a requirement just so there was SOME thing to set them apart. I also just realized they're rear steer. That's on my wish list. A rear steer tandem. Don't care about make. Just want one

 

[brwstrmgmt]

 

[fordmike65]

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@slick

 

[vincev]

According to Dave's theory this thread needs to be locked until next Wednesday.

 

[tripple3]

According to Dave's theory this thread needs to be locked until next Wednesday.

This couldn't be a daily thread or it would be locked...
Here's a Western Flyer for the Thursday thread:

 

[cds2323]

This couldn't be a daily thread or it would be locked...
Here's a Western Flyer for the Thursday thread:
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That's my old bike, a 1940 Shelby built bike. I sold it awhile back to another CABE member.