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Old 06-16-10 | 07:38 PM
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Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.



Mine's from 1967. It has the "touring" geometry, and I believe it is a P-10 (the P-15 model number did not yet exist, according to Bob Hufford's fantastic on-line collection of Schiwinn catalogs).

I got it as a frame, fork and headset in yellow with red decals and pinstriping. Someone had splashed belash or something on the headtube, so it had off-white splotches, and the clear part of the decals had yellowed noticeably. Between that and the fact that I am not a big fan of Schwinn's yellow, I had Ed Litton repaint it and attach all the braze-ons that became common in the '80's. It is now a lovely, understated charcoal grey with white around the lugs (standard Paramount chrome on the head lugs and forkl crown). The headbadge is original and in great shape.

Except for the Campy headset that came with, the parts are neither original nor period correct with the sort-of exception of the Dia-Compe centerpull brakes that look exactly like the Weinmanns that were standard unless you paid for the Campy upgrade. Oh, and I've replaced teh seat post in the phot with the classis Campy 2-bolt style from back in the day. (I still love the way those look.) The parts have a Rivedellish flavor, as many of them (crankset, bars, stem, bottle cages, tires) came from there.

I use it mostly for commuting, but it is a comfy and capable all-day rider, and surprisingly nimble on descents.
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