Originally Posted by
SoreFeet
Another impulse buy...Vintage bikes are beautiful. When the opportunity strikes I seize the moment. The 450$ paramount was not a great bargain but hey...Its a paramount! There is a nice little surface rust spot and dent on the seatube...My guess is that it was raced good and went down...a wheel perhaps dug in deep. Ride quality is pretty cush...
On the record here I'll say this...Its not going to be a period correct bike.
An excellent plan. Make it fit, make it run smooth like silk, ride it often and revel in it's wonderfulness.
I have been meditating on this question myself--restore or customize my recent chrome currently garage queen Schwinn Voyageur?
My conclusion: Period correct restorations are not for extensive riding--they are for showing off after frequent and and loving gentle and sensuous rub downs.