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'61 Paramount - fenderless

Old 12-27-09, 04:01 PM
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'61 Paramount - fenderless

I know a few of you expressed an interest in seeing this machine w/o fenders:



Excuse the absent freewheel. The rear Rigida rim is damaged (awaiting one from Mkeller); I mounted the wheel solely for the photos.

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Old 12-27-09, 04:14 PM
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I love that color, Is that how the fork came or did you strip it?
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Old 12-27-09, 04:22 PM
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Those uncut fender stays bothered me every time I looked at a picture of it, so it looks much better to me without the fenders.

They had hacksaws and files in the sixties.
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Coppertone, and the fork is from a '73 all-chrome. The fork that was previously mounted to it was a mid-1960's replacement without the requisite eyelets I needed.

It hasn't been fenderless since I built it in 2006. It usually looks like this:



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Originally Posted by Dirtdrop
Those uncut fender stays bothered me every time I looked at a picture of it, so it looks much better to me without the fenders.
The stays at the bottom of the front fender have been cut, but that's all. Since I'm quite confident the fenders are sitting right (I better be after 4 years), I might as well cut them. Hadn't considered doing so, mainly as I got used to them as-is.

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That bike looks sooooooh much better w/o those tacky white plastic fenders with the uncut stays.
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
That bike looks sooooooh much better w/o those tacky white plastic fenders with the uncut stays.
Sorry, they're back on

Stays will be cut when I have some spare time.

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I have been too busy stuffing my face to do much with the rim. I did take a little bit of time to unlace the hub though so I will get moving on it soon.
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That bike just looks more proper with fenders, besides its Winter.
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Originally Posted by repechage
That bike just looks more proper with fenders, besides its Winter.
Absolutely. Without them it's like an older uncle in a speedo. Who cares if he won the masters class swim meet last year, he's still an uncle... in a speedo. Put on some shorts for crying out loud.
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Originally Posted by mkeller234
I have been too busy stuffing my face to do much with the rim. I did take a little bit of time to unlace the hub though so I will get moving on it soon.
Take your time. I wouldn't mind having a bit of extra time to get rid of a flipper - helps pay for it.

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That bike just looks more proper with fenders, besides its Winter.
It does look a bit unbalanced otherwise. Fenderless almost demands that it be finished with Coppertone bar tape. Funny thing, the original catalog photo is close to being a dead-ringer for the fenderless build:



What I cannot figure out are the rather obvious black headlugs and fork crown in the catalog sketch. The Paramount that thinks its a PX-10

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Old 12-27-09, 07:30 PM
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Waaaaaaay better, thats too bad its not staying that way. If I can ride year round without fenders in northern ontario surely someone in florida can!
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Originally Posted by repechage
That bike just looks more proper with fenders, besides its Winter.
Winter? Really?



Here's what a Coppertone in Spring looks like around my parts!

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