Originally Posted by Scooper
Well, IMHO the Match Paramounts are Paramounts in every sense; the management of the post-bankruptcy Schwinn knew the value of the Paramount brand and outsourced the manufacture of 853 lugged frames to Match (Tim Isaacs) and the manufacture of titanium frames with identical geometry to Ben Serotta. Both Isaacs and Serotta were very experienced framebuilders with stellar reputations for extremely high quality products. I agree, though, that the lugged Waterfords are the real successors to the classic Schwinn Paramounts.
I see your point, and I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't a well made bike. Just, to me to the extent anything survived of the original Schwinn company, other than intellectual property rights, it is the shop in Waterford.