Originally Posted by
Wogster
You would think that with the engineering precision of the Germans, that there would be a lot of West German made bicycles around, especially from the mid 1950's to early 1980's when that country was rebuilding, you would think that more then a few would have made it over to this side of the pond.
There don't seem to be many, a lot of French, Italian and English, some Dutch, but there don't seem to be many German bicycles though.... Anyone know of any German made bicycles that found there way to North America. Puch doesn't count, they are Austrian.
I'm getting technical here, and I know I'll hear about it, but a German gentleman by the name of Schwinn brought his technical expertise here to the US. Building only the best of bicycles at a time when a lot of other brands were basically water pipes thrown together and didn't last, he made a bicycle with a lifetime warranty. NO ONE else had enough confidence in their product to do this. The Paramount was the pinnacle of road bikes at the time it was introduced and are still coveted to this day.
Yes, they were built here, but by a man who brought his expertise from Germany.