I'm pretty sure that that is a 1939-1949 Paramount track bike with later era components on it. I know where a pristine '39 mount track bike can b e had for $3K.
On Sat, April 4, 2009 7:14 am, Tom Hayes wrote:
> Anyone know what the following bike is that is posted on Ebay:
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> http://ebay.com/
> em=330318364205
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> The seller refers to it as a Frankenbike (wasn't that the name for
> Franklin
> mountain bikes also?), and in the auction shown, that's a fairly apt nm
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> for it with all those scars and chips. The person also makes allusions
> to it as a Schwinn of some sort, including the possibility of it being
a
> 1930's--at least an early version--of the Paramount track. It appears
to
> have the Schwinn yellow color, but it is difficult to tell much becaus
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> the photos are not terribly good (which, for me, however, builds
> confidence to find photos worse than mine.)
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> Cheers.
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> Tom Hayes
> Chagrin Falls, Ohio USA