Re: [CR] Paramount History (Ed Granger)

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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:37:27 -0500
From: "Bernie Burton,MD" <cyclingskindoc@gmail.com>
To: edvintage63@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Paramount History (Ed Granger)


The Campy brakes were a $40 upgrade in 1971-1973.

Bernie Burton

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 6:48 AM, <edvintage63@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I know I'm jumping in late here, but just to correct a couple of things:
> There was no P-10 or P-15 in the 60's - though this is a common
> misconception. These semi-touring models did not appear in the lineup until
> the 70's (the P-10 did not appear until 1973). Additionally, the Campagnolo
> brakes were not stock on the 70's P-13, but were an (expensive) upgrade.
> Weinmanns were standard. Jon Crate is probably correct that chrome lugs on a
> Paramount from the 60's equate to a P-13 vs. a P-12. The other
> distinguishing factor is that the P-13 was Campagnolo equipped (with the
> little Campagnolo sticker on the downtube providing a clue), while the P-12
> got the French stuff. Bottom line is, it's always perilous to retroject
> what's known about 70's Paramounts into the 60's. Another caveat being that
> exceptions to the rule are common when it comes to Paramounts.
>
> Ed Granger
> Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
> __________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> It is not a P-13 designated by the head lugs (Nervex). P-10, P-13
> and P-15 were frameset designations in the late 60's through the
> mid 1970's. P-10 was the touring frameset, P-13 was the full blown
> race frameset (symbolized with Campagnolo Nuovo Record brakes as a
> stock brakeset installed, tubular tires and no fender eyelets on
> the front and rear) and the P-15 was the touring model with a
> triple front crankset and a long cage rear derailleur.