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Old 09-07-13 | 03:41 PM
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

Originally Posted by Scooper
My 1940 Schwinn lightweight, 23 inch frame, weighs less than 20 pounds. They weren't all tanks.
Yeah, mine was a 940 as well But yours is a Paramount, isn't it? A New World is as different a critter as it can be. Not without a certain charm -- cottered crank with A & S C O chain ring, Torrington Major Taylor bars... fast looking bike. But heavy.
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