In a message dated 5/20/2003 8:20:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tsan7759142@attbi.com writes:
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> Well, I am going to swim against the tide (I seem to do a lot of that) a
> bit here. I think the $2500 NOS Paramount is not a bad deal at all. Sure
> you can find a lightly used one for less. However even buying it to ride
> is not so bad. Show me another complete new bike with any more of the
> mysterious MoJo that can be bought for $2500. You'd be talking very bottom
> end on a Litespeed or a Seven, if you could even get into one at that
> money. Everywhere you went it might get slight notice from knowledgeable
> bike folks.
> I think anywhere you went knowledgeable folks (and who really gives a s**t
> what others think?) would say "Wow! That is one really cool bike!" Now
> you can pretend you don't really care what these folks think, but even if
> you're the rare collector/rider who really doesn't care, you're in a very
> tiny minority. If that were not the case, you'd see a lot more ordinary
> bikes at gatherings and bike shows. I think if one has the money and the
> desire to own the NOS Paramount they would be well advised to seriously
> consider the "Buy It Now" while they can.
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi
>
Gotta finally chime in (again)
Tomand the other attasboy make the sense.
I was told at the Cirque that the late 60's P13 I brought was a refinish but
I ascertained from the originalowner upon my return that itr was in fact a
basically unused original stored in his cool dry place for decades. It's so
obvious, too. the sheen, the clarity, the feeling of the originality really
does something the restos cannot do in bringing back the days of my hours in
the back of the Lawn, Hardware, Garden, lock, key, and bike shop waiting for
such a machine to surface amidst the iron Varsities, Continantals, and
Suburbans.
More power tothe buyer! This bike was the same price as a tig welded ultegra equipped machine from China here on our floor that will be closed out one of these days or end up a year or two old at a swapmeat for a fractionof it's cost.
So what if there were an abundance of these units made in that year?
Bring 'em on.
Larry Black
Mt Airy , Md.