Yes, I think most Paramount came with non engraved bars, just stamped 14 or what ever the model number was. If I remember right it was a batch order that Schwinn did for their Paramount track bikes. Does anyone have any hard evidence about this? Cheers Raffaele Stockholm, Sweden
On 13/02/07, hersefan@comcast.net <hersefan@comcast.net> wrote:
> Yes,
>
> Many Cinelli bars did not have typical engraving near the stem and where just plain. But - all steel Cinelli bars I belive have a model number by the bar end from what I recall. Not typical numbers - look for something like a 14 or a 16 if my brain is working today.
>
> Mike Kone in Boulder CO
>
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> From: gene <genebalk@gmail.com>
>
> > Hi all
> > The CR archives helped answer one of my questions, but not the other. I
> > was wondering about the stem and bars on the Paramount track bike that I
> > recently acquired and posted a picture of on here yesterday. The original
> > owner who sold it to me was certain that the stem and bars were Cinelli.
> > The stem certainly looks like an old chromed Cinelli track stem, but has no
> > badge or stamp, so initially I thought he must have been mistaken. But
> > looking through the archives on here, I found out that indeed there were
> > unstamped Cinelli stems made specifically for Paramounts (not sure why,
> > though). However, the chromed track bars don't have any logos like you'd
> > normally see on Cinelli bars. I haven't been able to find anything about
> > this in the archives. So, does anyone know, were there unstamped Cinelli
> > track bars?
> > Thanks!
> > Gene Balk
> > Seattle, WA