I've been meaning to post a picture of my Ladies model 1973 Paramount but hadn't had time to take it out to the park for a pretty backdrop. Finally I decided, what the heck, and just took a photo in my dining room. I bought it on ebay last year and had it overhauled and rebuilt by Paul of Recycled Cycles in St. Louis. I asked Paul to keep it as original as possible but not to compromise safety. I did ask him if he could lower the gearing without making too many changes. He kept the original parts or when necessary replaced damaged parts with NOS original specs, exept for the brake pads (we went modern) and the freewheel. The original freewheel wasn't in good shape so Paul put on a Shimano 600 freewheel with six cogs, the largest having 28 teeth instead of the original Regina five cog freewheel with a 26 teeth large cog. He was able to fit the freewheel in by redishing the wheel and changing out the washers for thinner ones. The bike came built up as a "tourist" P61 model which apparently was a special order option in 1973, even though it wasn't shown in the catalog. I changed the original mattress saddle for a Brooks B67. Also, I added a retro water bottle cage purchased from Velo Orange, a vintage St. Christopher bicycle bell purchased on ebay from a dealer in Belgium and a NOS Schwinn "touring" saddle bag (ebay) supported by a saddle bag rack purchased from Velo Orange. I'll try to get some better pictures and post them another time.

Maureen