Re: [CR]Paramount track bike on ebay

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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:32:18 -0200
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Harvey M. Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Paramount track bike on ebay
Cc: Wdgadd@aol.com


Wes Gadd wrote:

Paramounts usually don't get me too excited but check this out: http://ebay.com/<blah> Neat components- 49D crank w/ inch pitch TA ring, Berthet pedals, cool hubs, etc. Non original paint, but it looks clean and loved. Not too expensive (yet) either.

This one has me quite puzzled. The hubs appear to be Schwinn Paramount or Superior, and the fork is exactly like the fork on my (thought-to-be) prewar Paramount. The seat angle is way laid back, it seems, like the older bikes. But, there are the Nervex lugs... My 61 road paramount has the Nervex, but a throroughly moden (for its time) fork.

I suspect that the cranks are not original to the bike, but could be wrong. I don't have any idea what it is/was, but I'd be pretty surethat the decals are not original, whether or not the paint is.

harvey sachs
mclean va