[CR] How rare are the women's models?

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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:30:04 -0700
From: "john strizek" <lyonstrings@yahoo.com>
To: classic rendevous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] How rare are the women's models?


  I remember seeing the woman's model Schwinn Paramount in the ads in the 70s. I know of only one person who actually had one and that was 35 years ago. I have never seen another or heard of someone with one. I have never seen one for sale.    Have any of you ever seen one? Does anyone know of one in actual existence? I have wondered about the possibility of any high quality ladies or mixte's frames from other manufacturers.By high quality I mean Reynolds, Columbus, Falk, Vitus, or any other lesser known tubing brands.  Perhaps some mixtes are more likely than the traditional step-through ladies models. I suspect there have been some custom builds, what about off-the-rack models?

 thank you and happy trails 'til we meet again,

John Strizek
Sacramento, California USA