Show off your vintage Paramount
06-10-16, 06:41 AM
#176
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Bikes: 1968 Schwinn Paramount P13, 1977 Schwinn Sting-Ray, 1983 Schwinn Super Sport, 2007 Trek X 01, 2013 Cannondale CAAD 10, 2014 Cannondale T2, 2015 Specialized Tarmac
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Here's my 1968 Paramount.
06-10-16, 07:47 PM
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Searching for my last piece, the LeTour GT300 R/d with no luck. Found an exact match today at a bike shop in the parts bin. The Shimano Titlist, luckily the person I bought the Paramount off of sent me the body of the original R/d, but he said it broke. Switched the bodies around and its good enough for me.
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04-04-17, 09:08 PM
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Bikes: '66 Schwinn Paramount Track Bike - Restored. '73 Schwinn Paramount P13 Road Bike - Original Owner - Restoration Starts Soon! '76 Schwinn Voyageur - Full Chrome - Currently setup as fixed gear. '80 Santana Sovereign Tandem, with good looking stoker!
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'66 Schwinn Paramount Track Bike
I bought this bike used in 1977, and restored it in 2015. It is still a great ride!
04-04-17, 10:13 PM
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@73Steve -- I'm gonna go ahead and declare you the winner of the (nonexistent) "Best First Post" award. Awesome bike! 
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A race bike in any era is a highly personal choice that at its "best" balances the requirements of fit, weight, handling, durability and cost tempered by the willingness to toss it and oneself down the pavement at considerable speed. ~Bandera
04-04-17, 11:04 PM
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Seconded, motion carries, done deal! 
@73Steve -- I'm gonna go ahead and declare you the winner of the (nonexistent) "Best First Post" award. Awesome bike!
04-05-17, 02:27 AM
#181
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Here is my favorite photo in the "Paramount as art category". Thanks for the thread, it is great to see. Jeff
04-05-17, 03:50 PM
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So I'm getting the International to the Paramount is like the Anglia to the Mercury
04-05-17, 04:18 PM
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~>~
Carlton production was an industrial process w/ a well defined product of idiosyncratic characteristics and quality.
P-mounts in the '70's were built to order for each customer from a build sheet w/ a range of options and models from track to touring in a palette of colors and offering custom geometry all silver brazed.
The only thing missing from the build sheet was which side one dressed on.
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04-06-17, 05:02 PM
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A better comparison is a good three piece suit bought "off the rack" vs. a bespoke suit fitted and sewn for you by your tailor.
Carlton production was an industrial process w/ a well defined product of idiosyncratic characteristics and quality.
P-mounts in the '70's were built to order for each customer from a build sheet w/ a range of options and models from track to touring in a palette of colors and offering custom geometry all silver brazed.
The only thing missing from the build sheet was which side one dressed on.
-Bandera
Carlton production was an industrial process w/ a well defined product of idiosyncratic characteristics and quality.
P-mounts in the '70's were built to order for each customer from a build sheet w/ a range of options and models from track to touring in a palette of colors and offering custom geometry all silver brazed.
The only thing missing from the build sheet was which side one dressed on.
-Bandera
04-06-17, 05:21 PM
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~>~
The Internat'l was an exemplar of Carlton production of a quality high performance mass-ish produced British clubriders bike of the era, not a copy of anything that I'm aware of, but certainly not unique in the era.
The Internat'l was the product of a cycling culture & lineage that was designed as many British lightweights were for TT use w/ tubulars fitted on one weekend and with mudguards, clinchers & canvas seatbag for a weekend club pub tour the next.
A highly versatile design, as mine has proven to be, but the result of fairly well controlled mass-ish production not akin to what was available from "the Cage" in Chicago "back when" a P-mount was built to order for each of our customers.
-Bandera
The Internat'l was the product of a cycling culture & lineage that was designed as many British lightweights were for TT use w/ tubulars fitted on one weekend and with mudguards, clinchers & canvas seatbag for a weekend club pub tour the next.
A highly versatile design, as mine has proven to be, but the result of fairly well controlled mass-ish production not akin to what was available from "the Cage" in Chicago "back when" a P-mount was built to order for each of our customers.
-Bandera
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04-10-17, 08:14 AM
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A question to all, the Schwinn spec sheet lists the frame tubing for my 91 OS PDG Tange as triple butted. But the Tange decal has double butted written on it.
Which pudding has the truth?
Thanks
Which pudding has the truth?
Thanks
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04-20-17, 08:01 PM
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Well since this one appeared I'll share mine.
This is a Waterford built 1987:
And then the "preproduction" PDG Series Paramount:
This is a Waterford built 1987:
And then the "preproduction" PDG Series Paramount:
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06-18-17, 04:53 PM
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Gotta have something to wear when off the bike.
Buckle1.JPG
Buckle1.JPG
06-18-17, 10:19 PM
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A better comparison is a good three piece suit bought "off the rack" vs. a bespoke suit fitted and sewn for you by your tailor.
Carlton production was an industrial process w/ a well defined product of idiosyncratic characteristics and quality.
P-mounts in the '70's were built to order for each customer from a build sheet w/ a range of options and models from track to touring in a palette of colors and offering custom geometry all silver brazed.
The only thing missing from the build sheet was which side one dressed on.
-Bandera
Carlton production was an industrial process w/ a well defined product of idiosyncratic characteristics and quality.
P-mounts in the '70's were built to order for each customer from a build sheet w/ a range of options and models from track to touring in a palette of colors and offering custom geometry all silver brazed.
The only thing missing from the build sheet was which side one dressed on.
-Bandera
06-19-17, 01:54 AM
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Official entry/roll call responder with my 1974 Paramount P15. March build date out of Racine, WI. 25" / 63.5cm frame. Restoration by myself after steerer replacement and a some 'invisible' alterations (by a fellow BF member). It was a 100% basket case when it came into my world. Satin black paint and Suntour Superbe (mostly first gen) components throughout. Went for a hot rod/rat rod/gasser look, letting the polished bits contrast and really shine. Campy for the original headset and derailleur cable guide, along with a modern cartridge BB. The bike rides like a Cadillac but is not sloppy. Great steering, light brake lever action, and it feels nice and tight when accelerating out of the saddle. Very happy going slow, too.
That's a 28T large cog that RD is running. Only the slightest grumbling!
That's a 28T large cog that RD is running. Only the slightest grumbling!
06-19-17, 11:11 PM
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Here's my June 1974 P10 from Pioneer Manuf. Before rebuild,
Not repainting just cleaning up and get it back on the road!
Not repainting just cleaning up and get it back on the road!
06-19-17, 11:46 PM
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Thank you! Took it to work and to the bike shop where I rescued her (finally!). Every time I ride it, I like it even more, and tonight was no exception. 
Lovely Paramount! Such an airy aesthetic about it--that silver and the tall frame (tall frames are fantastic!)--especially compared to mine. Are you running 700C's?
Lovely Paramount! Such an airy aesthetic about it--that silver and the tall frame (tall frames are fantastic!)--especially compared to mine. Are you running 700C's?
06-20-17, 09:48 AM
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Thank you! Took it to work and to the bike shop where I rescued her (finally!). Every time I ride it, I like it even more, and tonight was no exception.
Lovely Paramount! Such an airy aesthetic about it--that silver and the tall frame (tall frames are fantastic!)--especially compared to mine. Are you running 700C's?
Lovely Paramount! Such an airy aesthetic about it--that silver and the tall frame (tall frames are fantastic!)--especially compared to mine. Are you running 700C's?
08-01-17, 11:12 AM
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38-40
A poor pic of the '38 Team racer (ex Al Crossley) and custom Team Women's '40 with Original Cyclo Derailleur (3 speed, factory installed Cyclo tab on stay).
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08-01-17, 02:39 PM
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Silly me, did I miss this thread? Oh well, you get to see my '74 again...
09-15-17, 08:17 AM
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Trying to figure out more information on a bike that I was given by a neighbor. Can't figure out how to attach photos on this forum. Tried but they wouldn't go through.
Pretty sure the bike is a pre-1960 Paramount "666" is stamped on the bike twice. Wanted to talk with the "Scooper" fellow but this site won't let me send him a private message.
Please help!
Pretty sure the bike is a pre-1960 Paramount "666" is stamped on the bike twice. Wanted to talk with the "Scooper" fellow but this site won't let me send him a private message.
Please help!
09-15-17, 01:33 PM
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