I have an undisputed original Paramount tandem with all of those faertures, and I have seen others the same. I was a bit surprised by the seatstays on mine, but I've since acquired a very early 60's chrome Schwinn Superior single with the same stays, same fillet brazing, same seat post collar. It seems the older features survived lonnger on the Paramount tandem as opposed to the single bike, plus the lugless construction often makes sense on tandems.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
marcus.e.helman@gm.com wrote: I don't know anything about Paramount tandems, but I am struck by the lugless construction, the clamp-on seat post collars, and the Varsity-like seatstay to seat tube treatment. The bike also has a fully sloping fork crown. None of these details conform to my knowledge of Paramount singles. The only things that keep the bike from looking utterly cheap are the Campy parts and the forged dropouts.
Is it really a Paramount?
Best regards, Marcus Helman Huntington Woods, MI
Peter Jourdain
Sent by: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org 08/15/2007 09:26 AM
To LTravers , classicrendezvous@bikelist.org cc
Subject Re: [CR]re: Stolen Paramount tandem on eBay
Hi, All---
Theft and fencing known stolen goods is a serious charge, and something at this point we cannot prove. But...
Who the heck a) rattle cans a Paramount... b)without taking off the components!!!??? A doubly unpardonable sin. Clearly, no matter what the status of the bike, that graffiti artist is going to bicycle Hades when he dies.
Peter Jourdain
Whitewater, Wisconsin US of A
> t'was written.....
>
> > Anyone lose a Paramount tandem lately in Santa
> Clarita area?
> > Paint's a giveaway.
> >
> > Ebay item 260149597175
> >
> I don't know about the stolen part...take a look at
> the chain and
> overall condition of the bike. I would say poorly
> maintained and given
> a shot of paint to hide it. A shame to see a fine
> bike in that
> condition. But it could be worse.
>
> --
> Lynn Travers
> Hazelwood, MO
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