Originally Posted by
Scooper
The catalog photos show the 1972 seat tube "Olympic Rings" decals because the photos are taken in the fall of the previous year. The 1973 Paramounts only had the World Championship rings decals as on your bike.
Stan - that reminds me, did the P13's revised fork geometry first pop up in 1972 or 1973? The P13 in the '72 catalog shows the earlier geometry (which found its way onto the P15, IIRC).
-Kurt
P.S.: I still maintain that is the all-time
corniest Schwinn Paramount ad ever created (and not because of his trousers either) - though probably the most effective.