Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. I wished for a Paramount, and the owner of one of the LBS popped up one night with a load of castoff bicycles for me from the shop - and this '61 was one of them (see below pic).

The project is no longer at the 'nightmare' stage (see vise pics) but it definitely was when I first started it. I don't think I'd do it again.

Interesting. Guess they changed seat tube diameters around the same time they changed model numbers. I'm just hoping that the Campy post that Lurker's got aside for me is a 27.0mm.

Hmm! An ovaled Titan stem, is it? Odd - did you measure it down at the binder? Perhaps it's deformed a bit from being tightened down.

I tried tightening down the stem in the new fork on my '61 for these photos - it seemed to hold reasonably well, but it required a bit more torque then I'd prefer. The original hex head on the binder isn't in such great shape either, so I did play it safe while tightening down. I ended up replacing the bolt with a similar aftermarket replacement (and the wedge from a Raleigh Sports), for the original was too deformed to use once I removed it.


Yes, the Coppertone color is beautiful, although the current state of the paint is somewhat depressing. To think that someone would let this machine deteriorate as it had when I got it...someone even found a way to warp the left hand flange on the original Campy Record front hub...

-Kurt