I suspect this is not a Schwinn Paramount Volare
02-01-16, 07:13 PM
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I suspect this is not a Schwinn Paramount Volare
https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bik/5427885127.html
Seeing as the Volare was only made in 77 and 78 and only came in orange and red, this can't be a volare. Besides, it has stamped steel dropouts, no chrome on the back half, no Dura Ace, and the Volare decal is too far down the tube. However there is a Paramount headtube badge, which could be swapped from a different bike. So what is it?
More photos he sent me:
Seeing as the Volare was only made in 77 and 78 and only came in orange and red, this can't be a volare. Besides, it has stamped steel dropouts, no chrome on the back half, no Dura Ace, and the Volare decal is too far down the tube. However there is a Paramount headtube badge, which could be swapped from a different bike. So what is it?
More photos he sent me:
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02-01-16, 08:05 PM
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Schwinn also makes an inexpensive bike called a Volare. Perhaps this is an older version.
02-01-16, 08:31 PM
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It's not a Paramount and it's not a Volare. I've no idea what it is, but it looks like the seller is trying to pull a fast one.
I'd pass just on the basis of the obvious attempt to pass it off as something it's not and the premium asking price.
I'd pass just on the basis of the obvious attempt to pass it off as something it's not and the premium asking price.
02-01-16, 08:33 PM
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Looks more like a re-stickered Le Tour.
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I agree , it looks like a cheap frame somebody gussied up with better components and assembled into a bike.
02-01-16, 08:55 PM
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Sad thing is the guy might actually fool somebody...
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