1930 Colson Flyer
edited by David Barth, 6 June 2011.
Courtesy The Forney Museum of Transportation at 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver,
Colorado 80216. Photos were taken in June 2011.
This is a 1930 Colson Flyer bicycle.
Bicycles built by The Colson Corporation were sold by many different retailers from 1917 to 1953, with Firestone and Goodyear being the biggest and most well known. Colson even made
special models that were sold exclusively through these two retailers. The "Clipper" was a Goodyear exclusive in 1941, although the same basic bike was sold again after World War II
under the Colson name. The Firestone Cruiser and Super Cruiser were Firestone exclusives and were made only one year, 1941. In 1954, the Evans Products Company bought the bicycle
division from Colson and began offering bicycles under the Evans-Colson name, and later simply Evans. The bicycle division lasted until 1962.
This is exhibit number 138.
