Re: [CR]Paramount track bike

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:36:19 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Paramount track bike
References: <1f9.2437a5f.2ec51820@aol.com>


Bikerdaver@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/10/2004 8:25:32 PM PST, hersefan@comcast.net writes:
>
> Wow - looks like not an auction but just a buy it outright for nearly 4K.
> The price seems wacko - but if your a Paramount collector ask this (assuming
> the paint is original and the bike really jives - I don't know enough to say
> on this).
>
> What was the last time an original Nervex lug bike with the Paramount bits
> showed up for sale? This if all original, is truely a transitional frame - it
> represents the intersection of the old Paramount and parts with the new style
> of framebuilding with the Nervex lugs. Bikes like this certainly did exist. I
> was hopelessly outbid on a Nervex lugged with Paramount parts 3sp at the
> Schwinn auction years ago. This bike looks like a production track bike from
> about the same period, although this one wasn't owned by Frank Schwinn.
>
> Best of luck to the Paramount afficionado that appreciates this machine. But
> 4K is an awful lot of money for it.
>
> Mike Kone in Boulder CO
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> > Hmmm..
> > this one piques my interest.... ('cept the 'buy-it-now' price seems mucho
> > un-realistic!) at least to my budget!
> >
> >
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
> > Can anyone yield any further info? Does the 'serial number' make sense?
> > thanks
> > Ken Sanford
> > Kensington, MD
> -----------------------------------------
> Its my strong sense that the seller's price will not be met for some reason.
> cheers-
> Dave Anderson
> Cut Bank MT ------------------------------------------- Me too. Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California