Re: [CR][RE:]Geminiani and unusual Paramount outing

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 17:45:22 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR][RE:]Geminiani and unusual Paramount outing
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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On 9/6/07, Doug Van Cleve <dvancleve@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Howdy folks.
>
> I don't know Paramounts at all, but if I were hazarding a guess I
> would say that frame had a chain guard at some point. That forward
> eyelet on the right dropout looks about right to anchor the back of a
> chain guard, and there isn't one on the left side.
>
> Doug Van Cleve
> Chandler, AZ USA

I'm pretty sure I saw a chainguarded and upright barred Paramount new in a bike shop maybe late sixties/early seventies. The frame didn't look anything like that though. I believe it was with the usual long Campy DOs and Nervex lugs.

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham WA
USA