Re: [CR]Re: 73 Paramount Tandem on eBay.

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

From: <ABikie@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:54:25 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: 73 Paramount Tandem on eBay.
To: sachs@erols.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, aphillips9@mindspring.com, chardowner@yahoo.com


I will add a few comments, having owned several of these tandems. Mike Schwering gave me a T22 (same thing, diamond rear, not mixte) instead of pay back in the early 70's. The fork steerer is rather unique in thread, and the fork is still heralded as a creation of unprecedented strength and handling. Hence, while it takes standard 22.2 quill stems, the threading is larger and has a rather proprietary headset threading.

Similar frames were campaigned to high award position in National, World, and Olympic events for years. It was, after all, 'America's Tandem'

The close coupling added to the 'stiffness'

These still show up at rallies and ride right along with the aluminum and titanium Santana high performance tandems.

Larry Black Mt Airy, Md.

In a message dated 4/18/2004 9:45:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sachs@erols.com writes:
> In short, it has been changed to improve performance,