Old 02-28-12, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by miamijim
An easy way to tell if the fork's original to pull it out and look for red/brown primer
on the steerer tube. If it's red/brown it's original Paramount. Lake of the primer doesnt mean the fork isnt original.
Again thank you. I did not know this.

Here are two pictures of a 1984 Paramount I got from Joe
Englert.............quite a difference in appearance, I think.

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