Originally Posted by well biked

One thing I'll add about blingy vintage bikes: few people really care about or notice those because of the bling, either. I have my full Campy Nuovo Record equipped '71 Schwinn Paramount hanging in my bike shop; and hardly anyone notices it. When someone does notice it, a typical comment is something like, "Oh, I used to have a bike just like that." My interest piqued, I'll ask, "you had a Paramount?" They'll look at me blankly and say something like, "Oh, I don't know what it was called, just some bike we bought at JC Penney." I'll be tempted, for a moment, to explain to them about "the cage" at the Chicago Schwinn plant where the Paramounts were made by hand of Reynolds 531 and Nervex Professional lugs.....and then I just let it pass. They really don't care.

Bling, circa 1971: