mousemeat

At recent estate sale in Nashville, or ' nash-vegas ' as we label it in Memphis, I found a near mint 1991 schwinn Paramount, series 2, road bike, still in it's original box..covered by an tarp....I asked the estate sellers, how much they wanted for it...and they asked for $ 100.00.....I couldn't get that C-note, out of jeans pocket, fast enough...and loading it up, and took off for elvis central....like a bat outta hell....once I got home, some 3 hours later, I got the bike out of the crumbling box....and filled the tires up with air...they were not dry rotten....and had no flat spots on the tires...and did an quick ride...and the bike handled just great...an monster find...The other bikes that quickly sold..all seemed to have come from a long closed bike shop...and the items at the sale,seemed to be left over stock....Lady Luck, smiled on me, no doubt....and I just got done doing a ' shake down ' ride...and the paramount, rode quite well....like I just hit a semi forgotten treasure trove....i'll post a pict of the paramount later, after my coolpix finishes charging it's batteries up...

Bianchigirll 

Did you buy a Paramount or Paramount Design Group (PDG) Series 2? I suspect you got the latter and while nice bikes are Japanese contract built machines and not as coveted as their semi custom USA built cousins.

https://waterfordbikes.com/w/culture...bikes-1989-94/

cb400bill

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I look forward to seeing your bike.

wrk101

Good score, likely. Monster score, not a chance. Schwinn spread the Paramount name across an entire line of bikes. A series 2 has nothing in common with the Waterford made Paramount’s or the earlier Chicago made Paramount’s, other than the name.

The Series 2 were either Taiwan or China made. The higher series bikes were made in Japan.

The NOS stuff may have been the best score.

rccardr 

You did well. That's a solid but not flashy ride. Shimano Exage group will shift well.
Might be the best hundred bucks you ever spent.

mousemeat

Exactly...I would concur...and yeah, 'it's not a 'real' Paramount, from Schwinn's heydays, it's really a solid bike, and there is nothing that bike needs to be ashamed about...the best thing about the purchase, was it being virtually un rode....probably less than 100 miles on it...and crammed into it's box....Like I posted earlier, this bike and others, probably came from an failed bike shop..and the person who had it. (R.I.P. dear friend) had it in his collection, and sadly he passed away...monster score, yeah, I think so...then again, it's simply my opinion...on that...and if you don't agree, that's all right by me..chances being, majority of you would have purchased this bike, (and maybe flipped it) if you had the chance...to me, it was the best $100.00 spent, in an long time..

xiaoman1 

^^^^MM,
+1 to what you said...nothing wrong with a Series 2 Paramount as much as finding one in the box...great score.
Best, Ben