I found the score of my life today. I will have a couple of posts detailing the haul with pics. I am doing more than one post so my computer doesn't screw me after I type all of this out. First, the background on the find. I was getting ready for a rail trail ride after work on a Friday. I was riding my fixed gear conversion Falcon San Remo. My bike was leaning against my truck in the parking lot of a Lowe's. A guy pulled up and looked at me for awhile and didn't say anything. He then said he had a track bike he wanted to sell. He then mentioned the important words Schwinn Paramount Track bike. He then mentioned it was a 25" frame. In my head I am jumping up and down and I mentioned that I would be interested in seeing the bike. He parked next to me and we talked for 30-40 minutes in that parking lot about bikes. He also had a 25" Paramount road bike that he wouldn't mind selling. Well, we exchanged phone numbers and I went for my ride. A week later I gave him a call. We set up the following Monday (today) to come and look at the bikes and parts he wanted to get ride of.

Well, today I went and looked at everything he wanted to get rid of and I bought it ALL!!!!! First the bikes(frames).

First a 73 Paramount P? road bike that had been repainted by Matt Assenmacher in the early 80's. Matt also added DT Shifter brazeons and braze on cable guides before the repaint. It has Campy pedals, crank, f/r der., shifters, brakes, levers, and f/r dropouts. The handlebars and Cinelli and so is the hidden bolt stem. The seatpost is a cheapy with a Brooks Pro mounted to it. The wheels are Record hubs laced to Mavic G40 rims. The bike is mostly complete, but is not together currently. The only parts I need will be a chain and the rear gear cluster (5speed originally?).




The second bike is what I really wanted. It is a 76 P14 Track bike. The Campy headset, BB and pista cranks are still intact. It has a short Cinelli stem on it currently. The seatpost is an American Classic. He sold the original wheelset a number of years ago to one of the LBS employees for one of his own bikes.



more to come!!!