Originally Posted by
Procione
what kind of bikes can I compare this to, like Schwinn Paramount, or Colnago Master perhaps?
Uh, no...it's a Super Course, not a Paramount, not a Colnago.
I haven't owned one since I was a teenager, but I did plenty of mods to mine (including a gloss black paint job...with a BRUSH).
It will ride fine, and I'm sure there's folks here that love them beyond reason, but it's not a thoroughbred. We just don't like seeing any vintage bike with Nervex Pro lugs and 3 tubes of plain-gauge 531 treated *too* badly