Originally Posted by
Robert Foster
So in 1975 the 23 pound 531 Campy equiped silver soldered Paramount was almost identical to the electro-forged flash welded steel schwinn tubes of the Varsity? Where did the extra 15 or more pounds come from?
Must have had a lot of silver solder to make the Paramount cost about 5 times more than the Varsity.
The extra weight could have been in the saddle. Have you ever sat on one of the stock Varsity Saddles? They seem to have been made from rocks.