I worked at a bike shop in high school from about '76 to '78. We stocked a couple of Raleigh Pros & Internationals but Paramounts were a big deal because they had to be ordered. I remember a guy who came in looking at low end bikes. By the time he left, he ordered a Paramount. It came in a couple of months later and we called the guy. He had died. Apparently he had some disease. Maybe ordering the bike was his last hurrah . . . too bad he never got to ride it.