Re: [CR] Paramount with fastback seat stays

Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:31:57 +0000
From: "K.R. Bennett" <kerriganbennett@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <1401543724.5411981255973009968.JavaMail.root@sz0055a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Paramount with fastback seat stays

It's tough to tell with those photos, but the drop-out treatment also looks much cleaner than the Paramounts I'm familiar with.

It's my size, too . . .

Kerrigan Bennett Pleasant Hill, CA USA

Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10910.1038.eml Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:19:11 -0700 From: Mark Ritz <ritzmon(AT)sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [CR] Paramount with fastback seat stays

Sorry, but that's no Paramount.=A0 The factory did not offer fastback stays= , braze-on fr derailleur hangers, internal cable routing=A0or short rear dr= op outs, especially in 1973. =A0 It's certainly a beautiful bike, whatever it is.=A0 It's just too bad someo= ne spent a lot of money to paint it as a Paramount... =A0 Len sez:=A0 Piddling around ebay when I should be working and came across a= Schwinn Paramount touring bike from 1973 with fastback seat stays and internally routed cables.=A0 Was this a case of custom options?=A0 Very nice photos and paint job btw.

Item 120481889227

http://ebay.com/<blah> W0QQitemZ120481889227QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRoad_Bikes?hash=3Ditem1c0d47bbcb

Cheers,
Mark Ritz
Rainy Arcata, CA, USA
http://www.kinetic-koffee.com
=A0