Originally Posted by
stevekcm
I have 2 Paramount mountain bikes:
1st- 1992 Paramount series 90 PDG, serial 2D00085, blue velvet gas color, all Suntour XC pro components.
2nd- 1993 Paramount Team, serial N3F0010, white tt/dt, rest of frame is titanium, all Shimano XTR components.
Can someone tell me:
Were these Waterford manufactured, or Asian? Catalogs I found online say they were hand built in Waterford. I purchased them new, they were ridden less than 20 miles and have been stored for past 15 years, both are still in mint/pristine condition. Both completely original, never modified in any way. Would collectors be interested? What is approx value?
The 1992 PDG Series 90 Paramount MTB was made by National/Panasonic (Japan) for Schwinn.
The PDG Team Paramounts were also built in asia, except for some 1994 R80s, which were built by Waterford.
See the PDG Series page on the Waterford website:
http://waterfordbikes.com/w/culture/...-bikes-1989-94
Waterford built Paramounts in the nineties used the "self-describing" serial number format explained on the Waterford website:
http://waterfordbikes.com/w/culture/...ramount-dating