In a message dated 11/18/07 4:53:40 AM Pacific Standard Time,
pjourdain@yahoo.com writes:
> One of the really nice things about the Paramounts of
> this era is something which Peter Weigle pointed out
> in regard to a 1968 Ladies Deluxe I was lucky enough
> to find for my wife----the lug lining. Peter noted
> that the lining, rather than butting up against the
> lugs themselves, skirts the outside edge and in so
> doing really makes the lugs "pop." And the lining has
> no wiggle to it---it's dead-on straight and perfect. A
> masterful job. I wish all my machines had such
> wonderful lining, and I'm wondering why other painters
> don't apply the same type of treatment.
>
> As I recall Peter saying, the lug lining of that era
> was the responsibility of one person, and that at a
> social event (Cirque?) Richard Schwinn recalled the
> name of the person. The detail of the Paramounts built
> both before and after that artist's tenure at Schwinn
> were never quite the same.
I agree. My 62 has that lug lining and one of the reasons I have not tried to restore it is I would not be able to recreate it like that. I still can't figure out how they did that. I guess if that is all you did all day you would get pretty good and fast at it. I remember Richard talking about that at Cirque 05. Lug lining where it runs up against the lug is trivial to do with a paint pen by the way. I've often thought there should be a way of putting a small donut around the paint pen that would keep it just that far away from the lug, but that would probably be a lot harder than it sounds.
Bob Freeman Elliott Bay Bicycles 2116 Western Ave Seattle, WA 98121 206-441-8144 Home of Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles
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