Mike Kone referred to this beautiful bike as production. But if I'm not mistaken and this is an early 60's late 50's track bike, wouldn't the forks generally have more rake and perhaps a bit more clearance between the rear tire and seat tube to be production built? It does appear that the wheel is almost all the way forward. It certainly seems to be an older original frame, but to a design that seems more '70's that would indicate to me that it was a custom bike. I'm certainly not criticizing, but have a curiousity from having become a fixed convert and interested in Paramount track bikes in particular.
Dan Artley
Parkton, Maryland
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
> Hmmm..
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> this one piques my interest.... ('cept the 'buy-it-now' price seems mucho
> un-realistic!) at least to my budget!
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http://ebay.com/
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> Can anyone yield any further info? Does the 'serial number' make sense?
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> thanks
> Ken Sanford
> Kensington, MD