Re: [CR]eugene sloane book

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To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, strattonh@insightbb.com
From: "Jay Van De Velde" <jaysports@lycos.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]eugene sloane book
Organization: Lycos Mail (http://www.mail.lycos.com:80)
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:50:43 -0700

--On the 1970 edition, the back of the dust jacket shows the rear half of a blue bike, definitely not a Cinelli, perhaps a Frejus. Jay Van De Velde Seal Beach, CA

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:17:17
   Stratton O. Hammon II wrote:
>
>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?