I was at Bicas, Tucson's bike co-op, for parts. It was busy that day, and when I got up to the counter there were a couple of people ahead of me so I leaned back against the counter, people-watching or whatever. I noticed, off to my right, what looked like an opaque-blue Schwinn hanging with a bunch of others in the "class bikes" section. I walked over to check it out, more just killing time than anything, and discovered it wasn't actually opaque blue. But it
was a Schwinn Paramount. In my size. Most of the time that would be a
damn, wish I could take that one home with me moment, but we'd just received our tax return and funds were available. I didn't buy it that day, but it made its way home with me not long after. If not for the line at the counter I'd have left with my parts and never known what I missed.
