My new to me 1986 Paramount track frame got to go for it's first ride as a road bike yesterday afternoon, nice day but with winds of 25, gusting higher. Ride going out was into the wind, coming back it was smiles all the way.

This bike is up and running but a lot of the gear is just my in house stock of SS parts, I have a Dura Ace Pista crank coming, another seat, some top tube brake cables clamps and a set of wheels being built.

What a nice bike! But I say this about most bikes but this one is nice and I love the looks. Before the comments: yes, they are off road pedals, that's what I ride but I am looking at some lighter versions, no, I am not doing any stem slamming or bar lowering, at 76 with bad shoulders (what life long bike rider doesn't have bad shoulders?) and misc. other crap this is about as low as I can sustain. I did get a 12 mile ride in, It had just been assembled so there were a few things left loose but I did bring my multi tool.

The blue masking tape is for a little stability on the nylon ties holding the brake cable in place. BTW the carbon fork I just put on has made this track frame behave nicely, it was a toe grabbing twitchy little ***** with the stock fork, and this is way less weight of the stock fork as well.