Paramount chrome - discoloration on the bottom bracket area ?
08-21-15, 08:17 AM
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We moved back to Virginia from Tucson 6 years ago. I really couldn't make the time to ride, which really sucked because Tucson is SUCH a great place to bike. When I was a young man I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca - every weekend we all would ride from Sierra Vista to Bisbee and back. Ahhh youth.
08-21-15, 08:22 AM
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@jbrianfoto: Small world. I grew up in SV/FtH, moving to Tucson after finishing high school.
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Get the bike on the road and ride the snot out of it.
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"Something about not being able to polish the area as well as the rest of the frame with the machinery they had.
Jeff Wills.
Generally, the BB area gets less attention due to the cost of labour, not otherwise; although -
An old saw; "A poor workman always blames his tools."
LOL
The same holds true for the poor BB plating, as they didn't "throw" the current where it was really needed.
"Going to have to give this a good cleaning when I get it home, make it shine."
jbrianfoto.
It already "shines"; all you have to do is remove the overlaying dirt and that does not include the use of any abrasive, aka "Chrome Polish".
Dust it off lightly; spray on WD 40; remove WD 40 with a towel and degreaser, eg lighter fluid, aka naptha gas; apply a nonabrasive wax.
Enjoy!
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J T
Jeff Wills.
Generally, the BB area gets less attention due to the cost of labour, not otherwise; although -
An old saw; "A poor workman always blames his tools."
LOL
The same holds true for the poor BB plating, as they didn't "throw" the current where it was really needed.
"Going to have to give this a good cleaning when I get it home, make it shine."
jbrianfoto.
It already "shines"; all you have to do is remove the overlaying dirt and that does not include the use of any abrasive, aka "Chrome Polish".
Dust it off lightly; spray on WD 40; remove WD 40 with a towel and degreaser, eg lighter fluid, aka naptha gas; apply a nonabrasive wax.
Enjoy!
Regards,
J T
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08-22-15, 12:35 AM
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I thought about pulling the trigger on that one as well.... My tastes are more geared towards the racing models in that era, but for a bike that you are going to ride hard, you made a swell choice. cheers! Also the chrome paramount wasn't a catalog item for 73, so they were produced in much lower numbers that year. Schwinn couldn't meet their price point with the full chrome models so they stopped production, however there are chrome 73's out there, probably ones that were ordered full chrome in 72 before the memo came out.
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