1966 Paramount (picture heavy)
05-30-15, 01:22 PM
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1966 Paramount (picture heavy)
These don't come up for sale to often, seems like when the owner dies the kids don't want it then they want a fortune for them. So when fellow bf member Shoota offered this one it was to hard to pass up. Plenty of patina in the paint, which I like, if it were pristine I don't think I would ride it as much. My plans are to keep the paint the way it is, find a match for the rear rim and ride the crap out of it. Thanks.
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05-30-15, 01:23 PM
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05-30-15, 01:24 PM
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05-30-15, 01:32 PM
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Awesome. Ride it like you stole it!
...that's how I ride mine anyway.
...that's how I ride mine anyway.
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05-30-15, 03:36 PM
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Made a few adjustments and took it out on a quick shakedown ride. Well it turned into a 30 mile ride with a smile on my face the whole way. I'm use to 23mm tires so I'm not sure if it's because of the wider tires, but this is the smoothest riding bike I have ever ridden.
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it's weird the attraction those old paramounts have....you've got a really incredible bike!
05-30-15, 08:49 PM
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Absolutely beautiful. I love the yellow and chrome.
05-30-15, 08:58 PM
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I had a very similar experience. Somewhere between amazed and schoolgirl giddy. 
The bar is set pretty high for future road bike purchases.
The bar is set pretty high for future road bike purchases.
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05-31-15, 10:27 AM
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Oh yeah, what a neat Paramount!
As much as I admire minty bikes, the ones with patina draw me in. Everything about it is right, especially the color. Cool retroish' 60's lemon and that front bag separates it from the others.
(Edit: curious how the bag is supported.)
Agree what the OP stated in the last sentence. Like my '72 LeChampion, I'm enjoying it in the dirt paths, gravel and road. No biggie if it picks up another little scratch or two.
As much as I admire minty bikes, the ones with patina draw me in. Everything about it is right, especially the color. Cool retroish' 60's lemon and that front bag separates it from the others.
(Edit: curious how the bag is supported.)
Agree what the OP stated in the last sentence. Like my '72 LeChampion, I'm enjoying it in the dirt paths, gravel and road. No biggie if it picks up another little scratch or two.
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05-31-15, 10:35 AM
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Thanks, and a big thanks to Shoota for letting it go.
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You're very welcome. I was really glad it went to someone in this forum.
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05-31-15, 03:33 PM
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I'm really glad that someone was me.
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Very nice bike. I concur with the earlier comments about the merits of a 1960s-70s road geometry, a steel frame, and conventional cross-laced 36-spoke wheels. Paramounts of your era look great to my eye.
If it were mine, I would want to get rid of the gear ratio gaps in the lower ranges, having had the same setup as your 52-49/14-16-18-22-26, but with 49-46 rings, instead. I would be very tempted to substitute a 14-16-18-20-23-26 ultra-6 freewheel and to have a 44T inner ring handy, so that I could do 52-49 half-step for level and 52-44 1.5-step for hills.
If it were mine, I would want to get rid of the gear ratio gaps in the lower ranges, having had the same setup as your 52-49/14-16-18-22-26, but with 49-46 rings, instead. I would be very tempted to substitute a 14-16-18-20-23-26 ultra-6 freewheel and to have a 44T inner ring handy, so that I could do 52-49 half-step for level and 52-44 1.5-step for hills.
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05-31-15, 03:46 PM
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Very nice bike. I concur with the earlier comments about the merits of a 1960s-70s road geometry, a steel frame, and conventional cross-laced 36-spoke wheels. Paramounts of your era look great to my eye.
If it were mine, I would want to get rid of the gear ratio gaps in the lower ranges, having had the same setup as your 52-49/14-16-18-22-26, but with 49-46 rings, instead. I would be very tempted to substitute a 14-16-18-20-23-26 ultra-6 freewheel and to have a 44T inner ring handy, so that I could do 52-49 half-step for level and 52-44 1.5-step for hills.
If it were mine, I would want to get rid of the gear ratio gaps in the lower ranges, having had the same setup as your 52-49/14-16-18-22-26, but with 49-46 rings, instead. I would be very tempted to substitute a 14-16-18-20-23-26 ultra-6 freewheel and to have a 44T inner ring handy, so that I could do 52-49 half-step for level and 52-44 1.5-step for hills.
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Yes, where you live, I imagine that the Inner ring is used mostly just as a resting place for the chain to relieve some spring tension on the RD when the bike is parked
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That's beautiful, I have a '66 as well but in red.
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Dig it...especially the Schwinn bag. Like Jim said, that 60s geometry is heavenly.
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