[CR]Re: 73 Paramount P15 GT 300, Now: Schwinn kickstand

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Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 18:14:55 -0700
From: "Pete Imandt" <imandt@earthlink.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Re: 73 Paramount P15 GT 300, Now: Schwinn kickstand

Hi All,

My 1973 "Le Tour Schwinn Approved GT 300" RD came on my Sports Tourer, not a Paramount. With respect to the kick stand, Raoul Delmare wrote:
> And if you want to instantly lose a few pounds , carefully remove the solid
> forged steel kickstand . I mean carefully extract it from the chainstay
> bridge . This does NOT mean use a saw ! I seem to recall that Schwinn had a purpose built tool for removing their kick stands. It compressed the spring while you extracted the steel stand. There must be some Schwinnites out there who still have that tool.

More on the GT 300: On the Sports Tourer, the Hurret dropout's derailleur hanger has a notch to receive the GT 300's spring return clip. Was this done on the Paramount's Campy hanger, or was a different spring clip used on the GT 300?

Pete Imandt, Ramona, CA

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