Good Morning all;


Back in the mid-80's I purchased what was advertised as a Paramount. Have travelled the globe with this bike, riding it very little (I know, a travesty). Now with the information available via the Internet, I began to doubt the authenticity, and so enlisted the assistance of Waterford and their Providence Report service.


Turns out the bike is indeed a Paramount, circa late 1964, originally sold in Florida.


As you will note from the photos, it is not original (top tube brake guides, downtube shifter bosses and bottom bracket cable guides, along with water bottle fittings), not to mention the color!


Courtesy of the Providence Report, I learned this bike was originally chrome.


Would you "roll the dice" and begin removing the existing paint hoping to find good chrome underneath (two of the photos show the fork stem which never saw the elements, and the underside of the NDS rear stay where paint has been chipped away) or would you leave it as is, since the bike is not intended to serve as a "retirement fund", but only as a rider?


All the best,
Dave