Originally Posted by BikePower

that occurred to me as well which takes some weight off the flick stand evidence rationally, but emotionally when I look at the pictures side by side its compelling proof that its the same bike. and so the head and the heart at odds as per usual in life. But still, how many ross paragons were made, how many in that frame size, how many 35 miles from its last known location bought from a college student (the last known owner), how many with a flickstand from the 1980s (no longer available), how many with flipstand still on the bike from the 1980s?

On the other hand, what are the odds that my exact bike, would be for sale at the exact moment I decided to search wisconsin fro ross paragons. I only searched wisconsin on a couple of occasions? By this criteria the chances of it being my bike are slim to none.