Is there a Schwinn Paramount mtn bike?
11-15-09, 08:43 PM
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There's one in Milwaukee CL right now for $100. Anyone know what series this is?
SCHWINN MOUNTAIN BIKE CHRO-MOLLY - $100 (OCONOMOWOC)
Date: 2009-11-14, 2:28PM CST
Reply to: sale-gpwhe-1465971282@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
21 SPEED SCHWINN PARAMOUNT MOUNTAIN BIKE
HEAVY DUTY LIGHT WEIGHT CHRO-MOLLY FRAME
TREK ROCK SHOCKS
VERY NICE CONDITION JUST DUSTY FROM LACK OF USE
100.00 OR MAKE AN OFFER
CALL 414-550-6507 OR EMAIL IMUB1@NETZERO.NET
SCHWINN MOUNTAIN BIKE CHRO-MOLLY - $100 (OCONOMOWOC)
Date: 2009-11-14, 2:28PM CST
Reply to: sale-gpwhe-1465971282@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
21 SPEED SCHWINN PARAMOUNT MOUNTAIN BIKE
HEAVY DUTY LIGHT WEIGHT CHRO-MOLLY FRAME
TREK ROCK SHOCKS
VERY NICE CONDITION JUST DUSTY FROM LACK OF USE
100.00 OR MAKE AN OFFER
CALL 414-550-6507 OR EMAIL IMUB1@NETZERO.NET
- Location: OCONOMOWOC
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
I bought a PDG "series" bike this month. It took forever to get to me. When I opened the box, the seat tube was cracked and one crack went under and around one of the seat stays. After taking it to 4 bike shops in Milwaukee and Waukesha and one frame builder- the bike is not feasably repairable. The seller is being really cool and will be refunding me. As soon as I saw this post, I was thinking I'd get lucky and get one in spite of that fiasco.
Oh well.
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10-03-14, 11:06 PM
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The rear U brake mounted on the chain stays works awesome, in terms of stopping power. Stronger than Canti's, NO doubt. They are a bit heavy but VERY cool in my book. I have them on my 1988 Stumpjumper urban assault bike and love them.
03-28-20, 01:23 PM
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Old thread
Old thread old bike.
I just scored one was looking for a gravelish/commuter.. 👍
I just scored one was looking for a gravelish/commuter.. 👍
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03-28-20, 01:32 PM
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03-28-20, 01:39 PM
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03-28-20, 06:03 PM
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WV is not flat..
Rebuilding one right now. Switching it back to a rigid fork. Before and a current pic on the stand. Someone added some cool top of the line goodies over the years, Ringle quill stem (was stuck and had to break it to get it out) some White Industries custom built wheels and some Grafton pedals. Fun stuff.
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03-28-20, 06:14 PM
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Rebuilding one right now. Switching it back to a rigid fork. Before and a current pic on the stand. Someone added some cool top of the line goodies over the years, Ringle quill stem (was stuck and had to break it to get it out) some White Industries custom built wheels and some Grafton pedals. Fun stuff.
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03-28-20, 06:59 PM
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Looking forward to rebuilding mine. . Your looks like new. 👍. I see yours is the Waterford one..
03-28-20, 06:59 PM
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WV is not flat..
Yes they are called "G Stays". Not sure what the design was supposed to improve, but they are different. Other than changing back to a rigid fork and going with some trigger shifters instead of the grip shifts, everything else will go back on.
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03-30-20, 02:11 PM
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Rebuilding one right now. Switching it back to a rigid fork. Before and a current pic on the stand. Someone added some cool top of the line goodies over the years, Ringle quill stem (was stuck and had to break it to get it out) some White Industries custom built wheels and some Grafton pedals. Fun stuff.
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03-30-20, 05:50 PM
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Not mine and no relation, but this is on Fresno CL
Paramount Mtn Bike
Paramount Mtn Bike
03-30-20, 07:53 PM
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WV is not flat..
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03-30-20, 08:57 PM
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As my signature attests, I ride a June 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10 mountain bike, which was Schwinn's made-in-Greenville successor to the Paramountain. It features full Tange Prestige tubing, a SunTour RollerCam front brake (big and bulky, but it really does the job) and an under-the-chainstays Shimano U-brake. I really like it for my relatively tame on-road and dirt trail use. It is also a blast to ride and show off a beautiful red-white-and-blue Schwinn on national holidays, particularly since I bought mine from a San Diego firefighter. I found a fair bit of data on the firstflightbikes website, but the component list does not match mine at all.
bought a Ritchey that was right next to it.
03-30-20, 09:05 PM
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Super easy to adjust if you flip the bike upside down. Definitely uncomfortable to adjust upright in a stand.
03-30-20, 09:07 PM
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I'd stick with the gripshifts or put some thumbshifters on if keeping the 7-speed setup. Finding good 7-sp triggers is tough.
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03-30-20, 10:17 PM
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I got boned on a CL deal for a PDG for $50 last year. Guy was selling several bikes, Seller sold the Paramount to another guy who had come to buy a different bike, 10 minutes before me. Instead of honoring the fact that I was coming, he sold the Paramount to the other guy, who didn't buy the bike he'd come for. I didn't buy any other bike from him, so his reward for going for the quick buck was that he sold only one bike that day, rather than two.
Consolation prize was a '91-ish Impact Pro MOS design, same G-stay frame design, maybe a notch down from the P-mount, came up a couple weeks later for $35.
Consolation prize was a '91-ish Impact Pro MOS design, same G-stay frame design, maybe a notch down from the P-mount, came up a couple weeks later for $35.
