Classic & Vintage - Schwinn paramount tandem info needed

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Re-Cycle
06-08-06, 02:03 PM
I'm going to be checking out this bike:

http://www.bikecult.com/works/collections/paramtandem.html

. . . and would like any tips from the experts which would make me a more educated buyer.


Thanks

rhenning
06-08-06, 02:20 PM
The curved rear seat post gives the stoker a real rough ride because he/she sits directly above the rear axle. The bike was made in the mid 1970s. Roger
merlinextraligh
06-08-06, 02:29 PM
post this in the tandem forum, or pm Zonatandem. He's ridden tandems long enough I bet he's familiar.

Scooper
06-08-06, 02:42 PM
Here's the catalog description from the 1977 catalog.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/k4drd/Bicycles/1977ParamountTandem.jpg