Sorry, the last line should be "none-the-less" and the specific
dates are courtesy of the Campagnolo time line (via Velo-Retro)
Cheers,
Matthew Gorski
Belmont Shore, CA
> Eric,
> These cool looking olde cranks are from 1971 or later. The alloy version
> came out in 1974. Careful wordsmithing on the Paramount auction as to
> what is original and so forth...my guess is that this Schwinn would have
> had originally a Stronglight crankset, Titan bars and stem and Weinnman
> sidepull brakes...tho anything was possible with Schwinn, except
outfitting
> parts from the future :^) A sharp looking bicycle non-the-less.
> Cheers,
> Matthew
>
>
>
> <snip>
>
> > What really caught my eye though is the steel Campagnolo crankarms and
> > aluminium chainrings - identical to the ones on the Cyclart Paramount on
> > ebay right now. Condition of all chromed items have moderate but not
> > terrible rust. Question is, are these cranks valuable, and in the
> condition
> > on the ebay bike, what would a set like that be worth.
> >
> > http://ebay.com/
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Eric Elman
> > Somers, CT
> > hot at 91 yesterday and hotter yet today - yuk!