Ah, Paramounts, they were the thing, then they became old fashioned junk, and now they are insanely valuable antiques, especially the track bike with the wood rims. We used to make good stuff here in America. That was before the MBA's took over the world.
I had a Raleigh Technium at one time, most folks do not realize they were made right here in the good old US of A. Cheap Japanese components though something called Dura Ace (GRIN). 19 lbs of smooth riding bicycle. Turned out the glue in the joints did not hold up for racing, although mine never had any problems (no racing), but then they were the first serious attempt at an aluminum frame. I always compared it to a Porshe. Nope, no one stole it; I gave it away, I had gotten fat and it was uncomfortable to ride. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Blakely wrote: > You didn't give the vintage, but German or not, back in the day there were > only two serious sources of tubing in the world, Renyolds (English) & > Columbus (Italian ) - in English, Italian ('bout the same as English) and > French tubing sizes. You could get them with either in English, Italian > (again 'bout the same as English) or French threads. (The French just gotta > be different.) Further, there were only two acceptable choices for > components, Campanola (Italian) and perhaps Stronglight if you wanted > French - unless you wanted to hang Japanese on yer bike. > > I used to have a Schwinn Paramount that was measured made to fit me. Renolds > 753 with 531 seat & chain stays - 73 degrees parallel. Back in the day, the > Paramount was a made-to-order bike, whether it was the road racer or the > track version. It had the fancy Nervex lugs, fork crown and bottom bracket. > The bike was finished in black Dupont Imron with the lugs, fork crown, > bottom bracket and half the forks, chain & seat stays chrome. I hung Campy > parts on it 'cept the bars which were Cinelli. When I wasn't riding, it hung > over the sofa as art. > > It was stolen from outside a restaurant about 20 years ago- locking chain > snipped. > > I miss it. > > Regards, > Bob... > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, > but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [Skip] >> Last week I was watching a hand made German bicycle (Italian steel and >> French components, go figure). > [Skip] > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
