I was given this wonderful bike about 7 years ago from a friend who was the original owner. Everything is the same as it was new minus the Brooks bar tape and the tires. I let a friend borrow it to get him into cycling and those are his pedals. The sad thing is that I am way to small for the bike. I just love everything about this bike. They don't make bikes like this any more. I have a friend of a friend who might be interested in it.
Icculus
Schwinn Paramount
I was given this wonderful bike about 7 years ago from a friend who was the original owner. Everything is the same as it was new minus the Brooks bar tape and the tires. I let a friend borrow it to get him into cycling and those are his pedals. The sad thing is that I am way to small for the bike. I just love everything about this bike. They don't make bikes like this any more. I have a friend of a friend who might be interested in it.
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My 72, one of the early Wisconsin Paramounts made is one of the sweetest riding bikes I have thrown a leg over.
Got the frame and fork in 2012 here in PDX and did it up as a Retro with modern drive train. I would ride it across country, if I thought I could do it with our perishing.
It sports 10 speed indexed bar-con shifting, so yep, 20 speeds. I sometimes wish it was a few year newer version when they went to the 45mm Rake fork. But that feel of the 50mm rake goes away after a few miles.
Got the frame and fork in 2012 here in PDX and did it up as a Retro with modern drive train. I would ride it across country, if I thought I could do it with our perishing.
It sports 10 speed indexed bar-con shifting, so yep, 20 speeds. I sometimes wish it was a few year newer version when they went to the 45mm Rake fork. But that feel of the 50mm rake goes away after a few miles.Attachments
That's really nice. You've got a 1988 fiftieth anniversary special edition Waterford built with the gold plated fork, and equipped with what appears to be the 1983 fiftieth anniversary Campagnolo Super Record groupset.
Depending on the condition of the plating on the fork, it may make sense to try and find a Waterford made late eighties Paramount painted fork with the same length steerer and save the gold plated one for use on special rides. The letter after the first three numbers in the serial number indicates the fork steerer length, A being the shortest for very small frames. Yours appears to be a D or E.
The way to get the mods' attention is to click on the little "!" triangle at the lower left side of your original post and ask them to move it to Retro-Classic.
Depending on the condition of the plating on the fork, it may make sense to try and find a Waterford made late eighties Paramount painted fork with the same length steerer and save the gold plated one for use on special rides. The letter after the first three numbers in the serial number indicates the fork steerer length, A being the shortest for very small frames. Yours appears to be a D or E.
The way to get the mods' attention is to click on the little "!" triangle at the lower left side of your original post and ask them to move it to Retro-Classic.
I've got to stop reading this stuff 'cause now I want to go out and find an old Schwinn to build up! I tuned up a late 70s Schwinn Continental for a friend back in 2009. I took it out for a hot lap, and I was flashed back to the 70s. I'd forgotten just how smooth those old steel bikes were! I remember liking that they aren't so snappy and twitchy like my Trek 760 is. I guess I just like touring geometry rather than racing specs.
Thanks to everybody who shared their photos. You lot have some nice vintage bikes.
cheers,
appalachian kamper
Thanks to everybody who shared their photos. You lot have some nice vintage bikes.
cheers,
appalachian kamper
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