Originally Posted by
Vintage Schwinn
Doug Fattic is not correct when he says that the SUPER SPORT was next under the PARAMOUNT!!
The Super Sport was the most "low-rent" of the hand constructed Schwinns. THE SPORTS TOURER WAS NEXT UNDER THE PARAMOUNT.
The Super Sport was Below the Sports Tourer!
From 1964 to 1970, the 10 speed Super Sport was the model just below the Paramount. Schwinn introduced the more expensive 15 speed Sports Tourer in 1971. I purposely identified the Super Sport in the 10 speed group since I knew Schwinn some years had a more expensive 15 speed model.
My dad got me a Super Sport for Christmas in 1965. I loved that bike and toured Vermont on it along with my cousin who had one too in 1966. It got stolen while it was in the bike rack in college in 1969. By that time I had moved on to an Italian Campy equipped bicycle. It was in 1967 that Schwinn added a kick stand to the SS and put the shifters up by the head tube. Those changes I thought put it more in the casual riding market.