Hi,
Not sure what you mean by the back of the book. The dust jackets on my 1980 and and 1988 hardback editions of Sloane's "The--All New-- Complete Book of Cycling" both show a red Schwinn Paramount. Even though the publisher airbrushed over the the logo, you can still read a faint "Schwinn" on the down tube. This cover bike has a triple chainring, so I guess that it's a P-15 Deluxe Paramount, which in 1973 had a list price of $450. Strangely, my '73 catalogue shows the "Deluxe Paramount" with an optional triple chainring, but the "Deluxe Touring Paramount" with a double--What they call a "double plateau crank"! You would think that the triple would come on the touring bike.
Off like a flock of turtles,
Stratton Hammon Louisville, KY, USA
Message: 9 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:27:41 -0400 From: tom witkop <tomwitkop@juno.com> Subject: [CR]eugene sloane book
What bike is on the back of his "Comlete Book of Bicycling?" Is it a Cinelli? Front looks like a standard Raleigh.
Tom Witkop Rockville, MD
PS is the boblist down?