According to the Schwinn Lightweight Data Book they did have Campy hubs. No mention of cranks, but my supposedly all-original 1963 Paramount track bike does have all Campy parts on it with Cinelli bar and stem. As I understand it, Paramounts could be custom ordered in those days so no reason it wouldn't have had Campy cranks.
Message: 9 ate: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:48:31 -0700 (PDT) rom: Fred Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> ubject: Re: [CR] 62 Schwin Paramount Track bike on ebay o: 'classic rendezvous' <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> essage-ID: <989179.77216.qm@web34205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ontent-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Ted, I like the bike. I just thought the seller's hyperbole was a bit too yperbolic. One question though, for the student: Did Paramounts from that era really use ampagnolo Record cranks and hubs? That's not what I remember from the Kissena and Flushing Meadow races in NYC. ut at the time, everyone in NYC was using hand-me-down equipment. (At least veryone that I knew.) So I have no certain idea of what a new circa 1962 aramount would have had as original equipment. (Plus, I was about 12 years ld, so what did I know, anyway?) Best regards, red Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
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