Re: [CR] Schwinn Paramounts & Brooks Saddles?

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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:43:35 -0500
From: <globallyoff@s2ki.com>
To: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Schwinn Paramounts & Brooks Saddles?


I seem to remember the Unicantor being an available option, but most wanted the "presoftened" Brooks. With optional Campag. brakes, i got my Paramount OTD tax, title, and license to get killed for $433.60

On Sun, March 22, 2009 4:29 pm, donald gillies wrote:
> My P-15 has a unicanitor saddle. I got it from the original
> owner in 1980, with about 150 miles on it.
>
> In my opinion, schwinn offered only 2 types of saddles on
> the original 1970's paramounts - - -
>
> 1. Temporarily hard. A Brooks Professional.
>
>
> 2. Permanently hard. Unicanitor. They NEVER break in !!!
>
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA