According to this price list a Paramount would have been more than $125 in 1965.
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Kim Carney Davis, CA USA
> What kind of Schwinn racing bike could you buy for $125 in 1965? and
> where might I see photos of such a bike on wooljersey or similar? (My
> searches are coming up with a few things so far but later.)
>
> At a neighborhood dinner last night, the topic of cycling came up and
> one of my neighbors mentioned being crazy about cycle racing in his
> youth and having saved up as teenager to buy his fancy Schwinn racing
> bike for $125 in 1965. That seems to me like it would be a good bit of
> money in 1965. He sold the bike in college to pay for rent and
> didn't remember any thing about it, whether it was a Paramount for
> example.
>
> Thanks,
> Mitch Harris
> Little Rock Canyon, Utah, USA