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On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:50:43 -0700 "Jay Van De Velde"
<jaysports@lycos.com> writes:
>
> --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?
> >
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