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Old 04-28-14 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 3rdbike
That is an 83 Superior that's been altered. RD is incorrect, gear cluster shows a lot of grime for 'never been ridden', wrong headbadge. Those Superiors were leftover Paramount frames with a Tange fork, hence the non-matching fork crown. Guess it's OK if you want a used Superior, but it is emphatically NOT a Paramount.

I really get disgusted with all the misrepresented Paramounts on ebay.
That's kinda what I thought. The serial number seems to fit well with the Superior ones from this old thread:

http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...servation.html
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