I received a nice note from ex_Match/ Paramount builder, Curt Goodrich.. I had falsely assumed the seat stays were a plug-in labor saving dealie.. Read below how really cool this area was in these fleeting examples of Paramount bikes...(The last "real Paramount?"
In a message dated 4/9/2003 2:41:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, goodrichbikes@netzero.net writes:
<< I'm still confused about what you mean about the seat stays being attached to the seat lug as plug in. The seat stays are fillet brazed to the seat lug. The ends of the seat stays do have a casting brazed on them like seat stay plugs. The advantage of these were that the right one was already drilled and countersunk. The left one still had to be drilled and tapped. The cool thing about the casting was that it was hollow and only solid where it needed to be. It was a real weight savings compared to the traditional method. >>
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