I’d say it’s something along the lines of N = X where X = Less money in the wallet.

Jokes aside, I’ve kept everyone in suspense for long enough. The haul are a pair of Paramounts from their original owner, ordered new in 1967 (the P14) and 1969 (the P13).









An interesting twist is that the Mack Cycle sticker on the P11 is a lot closer to home than with most other Paramounts. These both were acquired from the brother of Mary Jane Mark; current owner of this historic, family owned Schwinn dealership that remains a very active and popular shop today. The family themselves have three chrome Paramounts and an additional two on display on the ceiling of the shop, along with many other mid-century Schwinns.

Both of these have been stored basically unused for probably as long as I’ve been alive, and their condition reflects the worst of a humid South Florida garage. The P11 is surface rusted all over the bottom and the P13 is too - helped only by the chrome. There is also the slightest top tube dent in the P13 “thanks to a pile of Wald baskets that fell on it when it was barely a week old!”




The P13 is also set up as a 1x - supposedly ordered that way, or at least dealer modified. Same for the brakes; this is set up with Campag sidepulls, identical to how I found my chrome P13 ‘70 configured when I bought it a good decade ago.



I’m so utterly swamped that I’m not sure when I can get to attacking these. They’re at least climate stabilized in the bike room for now. We’ll see. I want to finish my Cannondale ST and Raleigh Super Tourer builds first.

-Kurt