Check out this odd duck - a very small custom 18" / 46 cm road Paramount with what appears to be a bottom bracket height of around 12 +" or so. Auction # 300249847005 Note that the chainstays have no downward slope to them (or do I even detect a slight upslope ?). Very weird - usually a small bike can safely have a LOWER than normal bb height because of the shorter crank arms.
Who knows - maybe someone filled out the custom order form with the wrong dimensions and it never got noticed ? Maybe it was a "Friday Afternoon Job" ?
Or could it have originally been for 24" wheels ? Hmm . . . not too many 1977 Paramounts with short reach brakes, methinks.
Regards,
Mike Fabian
San Francisco, CA