Author: Dave Stromberger
1954 Evans-Colson Catalog
Bicycle dealer catalog. This catalog shows the full line of bicycles and tricycles offered by Evans Colson for the 1954 model year. The most deluxe bike offered was the Firebird, a 3 speed balloon...
1939 Spring / Summer Firestone Catalog
The spring and summer catalog from Firestone, showing the Huffman Twin-Flex bicycle along with models made by Colson.
1939 Fall / Winter Firestone Catalog
Firestone’s 1939 fall and winter catalog showing Huffman built Twin-Flex bicycles. Also shown are bicycles made by Colson.
1941 Hawthorne Comet
This months bike is a 1941 Hawthorne Comet. Equipped with lighted “floating” carrier, headlight, spring fork and horn tank. The color on this bike was matched from orginal paint that was inside the tank....
1936-38 Belknap Deluxe
Chuck Larcom’s Murray built Belknap is this months “Bicycle of the Month”. When Chuck brought this bike to me, it was a very VERY rusty bike! Just on the borderline of not worth saving,...
1950’s Columbia Built, Goodyear
Very nice original bike featuring chrome torpedo headlight and a tank. Since this was only a semi-deluxe model, the tank did not contain a horn unit. Badged and sold through Goodyear stores (who sold...
1941 Goodyear Fall Winter Dealer Catalog
The Goodyear Double Eagle Clipper and Double Eagle Deluxe were Goodyear’s top of the line bikes for 1941. The Design was the work of Wilbur Henry Adams, who was involved in other bicycle and...
1939 Hawthorne Zep
This months featured bicycle is Jerry Germeau’s 1939 Hawthorne Zep. Super restoration job, certainly a lot nicer than they were from the factory. Eye popping chrome and color, it doens’t get much better than...