Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
Okay, and I was referring to 1983. Paramounts were offered at $3,000 starting in 1980. (I think they dropped to $2,500 at some point.)
What's the big deal anyway? I misread your price as a complete bike price, not a frame price, and acknowledged my oversight.
No big deal--just trying to correct some mis-information about the 1986 Paramount frameset.
My
recall was the frame was $600. Was it $695? Maybe. I can't seem to find what the dealers were selling them for. I can't give you a price for the complete bike, since it was assembled part by part. The point is--a college kid working part time was able to build himself a top-of-the-line racing bike. And the simple fact is, for most college students, working part time,
that just isn't possible today.