How about a made in Japan Schwinn with Columbus tubing? I have a Schwinn Super Sport with Columbus Tenax tubing.
Jim Ready
Cupertino, California
> Here is a variation of the Schwinn Superior I did not know existed:
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> http://ebay.com/
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> The seller is fairly clueless, including the all too common mistake of
> confusing Reynolds 531 with Reynolds Aluminum. But it appears the frame
> is 531 DB, essentially the same frame as the Paramount. But if you look
> closely at the poorly chosen photos, it appears the bike has a Campy Nuovo
> Grand Sport gruppo - the RD is definitely NGS.
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> One questionner suggests this is a Paramount with incorrect decals. But
> the NGS gruppo suggests otherwise. It appears to me that in the early
> 80's Schwinn built a bike with essentially the same frame as Paramount,
> but equipped with NGS instead NR/SR to sell at a lower price point. And
> they recycled the Superior name last used in 1978 on the last of the
> fillet-brazed Schwinns. Anyone know for sure if I am correct about this?
> And if so, was the 531 frame built in Chicago (or maybe Waterford) or in
> Japan? It may seem odd to suggest a 531 frame was built in Japan, but
> Schwinn did exactly that with the late 70's Volare.
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> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA