I don't know about the color/year connection.
Schwinn started giving the Oympic Team bikes starting in '48 I believe.
The Olympic tandems from the '50's had custom made Paramount wide tandem
hubs and forks w. oversize headsets if I recall correctly.
Was '60 or '64 the first Campag equipped Paramount tandem?
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
> Keith,
>
> The '64 Games were Tokyo, Rome was 1960. The green paint correlates with
> the other 1964 Team issue Paramounts that were that lovely almost lime
> green we normally associate with the Varsity.
>
> The entire thread begs a mention of the Schwinn practice of providing
> Olympic team Paramounts to the team members as well as the colors used
> each quadrennial. When did the practise begin? I know it terminated in
> 1972.
>
> Here's my recollection of years and colors, did the practice precede
> 1964?
>
> 1964: green
> 1968: translucent blue
> 1972: baby blue
>
> Brook Watts
> Longmont CO USA
>
>
>
> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 10:27:45 -0600
> From: <globallyoff@s2ki.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Schwinn Paramount Track Tandem
> To: Julian Shapiro <julianshapiro@gmail.com>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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> Very interesting,
>
> One of my best friends has a similar Schwinn tandem track bike that still
> has the original green metallic paint and decals. I think it is 24X24.
> No chrome. It was built for the '64 olymics in Rome and was originally
> sold at Kissena Cycles in NYC. It has been converted to a road bike, but
> I'm pretty sure he still has all of the track parts including the 1"
> pitch
> chainrings.
> It can be purchased for around $1K plus shipping IIRC. Contact me
> off list if interested. Bike is in Texas.
>
> Keith Kessel
> Shreveport, La.