The picture is bad but the bike looks right. Anything was possible when many Schwinn shops sold a Paramount. The touring freewheel and rear derailleur don't seem right either on a supposed racing model but I guess the guy wanted a 70's version of a top price comfort bike. I learned to check Paramounts very carefully because unlike many other top of the line bikes, they could be assembled by the ham handed Varsity guys. I once had to change out almost every bearing and race on a bike with only a 100 miles on it at most. The initial mechanic must have figured a bearing wasn't right that felt that smooth and tightened all those suckers up.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> Am I the only one who questions the authenticity of this bike?
\r?\n> Very poor choice of components for a Paramount, especially the
\r?\n> cheap saddle and the brakes with suicide levers. And based on the
\r?\n> headtube, the frame looks much larger than 48cm unless it has 24"
\r?\n> wheels. And only one very bad picture. I actually like the curved
\r?\n> tube Paramounts, but not this one, especially not at $1000
\r?\n> starting price.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Regards,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jerry Moos
\r?\n> Big Spring, TX
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
\r?\n> You Paramount folks noted this curved seat tube Paramount? Now
\r?\n> this is one
\r?\n> ugly little rascal! Item # 7235484191
\r?\n> Tom Sanders
\r?\n> Lansing, Mi