Originally Posted by
rcommbikes
Final clinchers.
All Prologue serial numbers that I’ve seen have the same format as this bike. Number-letter-numbers
The steerer tube has a 4-5 inch white paint area that doesn’t match the creamy color of this frame. The white matches the white-red fade shown in the 1987 catalog for Prologues.
Paramounts of this 86 - 88 era have long, fine, delicate “Paramount” logos on the top tube not the fat decals that were plunked on to this frame.
Head badge is not original.
So it’s a repainted1987 Prologue probably by Panasonic. In this condition I think we would be lucky to get $100 for it
Thank you all for your help here. Great community.
Kind of too bad these don't get more respect, as it appears to be quite a nice frame. I keep pulling frames like this out of the recycling pile at our co-op. Some of them are amazing steel frames with cool features and details, yet no one seems to want them right now. It used to be dropout spacing that reduced desirability, but now it seems to be more lack of tire clearance and brake options.