Commuter
One of the first mopeds assembled in America, sold in pressed-steel and tube-frame versions.
Photo: Fredmeissner, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Columbia
The first mopeds put together in America
// The story
Columbia is one of the oldest bicycle companies in the US, dating back to 1877, and its mopeds were the first ones assembled in America, even though the engines came from overseas.
Most ran the 47cc Sachs 505/1A. Models included the Commuter, the Medallion, the Imperial, the Motrek and the Sport, and some were sold through Montgomery Ward catalogs.
In the late 80s Columbia sold the rights to KKM Enterprises, which kept building them as the Mopet into the mid-1990s.
// The models
Columbia models
More Columbia models and versions (no free photo yet. Got one? DM us)
- Medallion Sachs 505/1A, top tank. US 1978–80
- Imperial / Mopet / Open Road Sachs or Solo engines. US 1977–80
// Made from real bikes
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