I mentioned a few weeks ago, a 1973 Schwinn Paramount track frame that looks like it has alterations done by Pino Morroni. I want to submit (mostly for the archives, since I received only one email in response to my original posting) that I spoke with the previous owner, "Aldo", who confirmed that he bought the bike DIRECTLY from Pino. Pino was done with it and sold it to Aldo, a racer who started out in the late 1950s, who rode it happily for many years ... many years ago. It is a prototype or predecessor of his famous Telavio frames. Again, here is a link to two pages of photos showing the frame with Pino's hollow rod lateral stiffeners and circular cut-out under the b.b. shell, in addition to the PATENT PINO seatpost (made by Roto) that in a roundabout way, came with the frame.
<_http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/Pino_Morroni/Schwinn_PinoMount /_ (http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/Pino_Morroni/Schwinn_PinoMount/) >
This bike is WAY too big for me, and is currently on Ebay so it will make it to someone who will use and enjoy it's providence (please look for a subsequent posting, Ebay outing). So, I have to ask again ... should this be called a Schwinn Pinomount, a Schwinn ParaMorroni, or something else yet? :)
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA
************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone.
Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.