Oscar passed away several years ago. The new owner of American Cyclery is Bradley Woehl, a good guy. After I bought the Paramount, I had Bradley and his crew tune it up for me and he suggested I e-mail a picture of it to Richard at Waterford, which I did. We exchanged a couple of e-mails after that, and he remembered my dad, who was a Schwinn factory rep in the southeastern U.S. for many years.

I'm thinking about having Waterford build me a new bike, but want to see how the new Reynolds 953 tube set works out and whether or not Waterford will build with it.