[CR] Record or GS for '63 Paramount, was Re: Early Gran Sport derailleur on French Ebay

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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:39:37 -0500
From: "Harvey Sachs" <hmsachs@verizon.net>
To: "Jon M. Crate" <Jon@FAI.US>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Record or GS for '63 Paramount, was Re: Early Gran Sport derailleur on French Ebay


Summer of '63 bikes in the shops already had "steel" record RD, but some mix of record and match-box FD. At least in DC, where I lived then. Given the choice, I much prefer the steel record. It will support a 13 th high cog, and much larger low cogs than the GS. All this from just offsetting the cage pivot! harvey sachs mcLean va ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jon Crate wrote:

I ask [about the eBay GS] because I suspect the 1963 Paramount I'm going to be restoring in the spring would probably have used it. Am I correct about this, or is it too old for a 63?