On Sat, April 4, 2009 11:56 am, globallyoff@s2ki.com wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that that is a 1939-1949 Paramount track bike with lat
er
> era components on it. I know where a pristine '39 mount track bike ca
n
> be had for $3K.
>
Keith Kessel
Shreveport,La.
USA
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> On Sat, April 4, 2009 7:14 am, Tom Hayes wrote:
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>> Anyone know what the following bike is that is posted on Ebay:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://ebay.com/
>> it em=330318364205
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>> The seller refers to it as a Frankenbike (wasn't that the name for
>> Franklin
>> mountain bikes also?), and in the auction shown, that's a fairly apt n
me
>> for it with all those scars and chips. The person also makes
>> allusions to it as a Schwinn of some sort, including the possibility o
f
>> it being a 1930's--at least an early version--of the Paramount track.
>> It appears to
>> have the Schwinn yellow color, but it is difficult to tell much becaus
e
>> the photos are not terribly good (which, for me, however, builds
>> confidence to find photos worse than mine.)
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Hayes
>> Chagrin Falls, Ohio USA