Thread: Should I Restore This Paramount?
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Old 08-01-20 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by repechage
I doubt it, normal reach caliper with drop bolt with 700c... I do not see that as a mistake.
A drop bolt would have been a dealer/customer workaround. Maybe a factory slipup that didn't get built for 700c.

27in were standard so if you ordered one with 700c it should have been built that way.

Schwinn took great pride in giving the customer what they wanted, from start to finish they went out of their way to accommodate and yes including dealer refit per customer want or factory mistake after the fact if the customer was amenable.

If not they would do what they needed to make it right, which I'm sure was a lot often.
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