Paramount followed me home.
 

Frame is in really nice shape. Some Campy, Some 600.

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I hope you did pay more than $50 for it: http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...paramount.html ;)

Beautiful bike, BTW.

Some jealousy, envie, lust and anything else I can think of as the bike is shown:)

Nice acquisition !

[QUOTE=Flog00;18833558]Frame is in really nice shape. Some Campy, Some 600.
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Hi,
Nice bike....what is the real story?
Regards, Ben

Yeah, a bit more than $50.
I found it in Oberlin, Ohio, languishing in a very nice bike shop. Oberlin has a very high priced college and there are a lot of bikers there. I was afraid some rich kid would buy it and leave it outside to rot.

It's to tall for me.

Had a Cannondale rack bag on it. Nice shape but faded. Three Blackburn water bottle cages and two red Paramount bottles.

I'm going to offer it to a friend, then on to the classifieds maybe.

Neato, I didn't know there were touring Paramounts from this era.

Nice Paramount, great snag.

How many cogs back there, only five? Older wheelset on a newer bike?

I missed the third water bottle cage the first time I looked. That's awesome!

It's a 5 speed. I'm not sure the age of the bike.
Wheelset is Mavic G40 with Campy Record high flange.

Bike is a 1984
63 cm

Oh a pretty red Paramount. My favorite color. :thumb:

Somewhere there is a very tall rider just wanting a red Paramount touring bike :)

I'm not that tall, but I do have long legs. I'm wondering if a French fit would work.

Road trip.

Interesting that this is identified as an '84 and it has Campy 1010 - early, long - DOs out back. I would think those would've been considered obsolete by 1984.

DD

Beautiful bike! If only it wasn't red....

Agree, but if you were wanting to be forward and trendy for the Racer set, the latest and greatest short dropouts were used, and I bet Schwinn had plenty of inventory, so use the long ones for the "touring" frames.

Now to find someone with a 56cm touring Paramount to trade me. lol

Why is the red color undesirable to some?

I just don't like red bikes, red cars, red motorcycles, etc. I'll occasionally wear a red shirt because my wife likes it. Orange, however, is another kettle of fish.

Paramount touring found a home :)
I kept a few bits for my Roberts.
Wheels, brakes and brake levers will be on the classifieds soon.

Nice to meet you Ron.

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[QUOTE=Flog00;18844141]Paramount touring found a home :)
I kept a few bits for my Roberts.
Wheels, brakes and brake levers will be on the classifieds soon.

Nice to meet you Ron.

Same here. I think I am going to borrow some parts from my Miyata to get it on the road quickly, then I'll decide how I want to do the final build.

Awesome!!!

The bike and the acquisition!!!

I just got back from the maiden voyage, 25 miles with a brutal wind. I still need to make some adjustments to dial in the fit, but it is a sweet ride. :love:
Thanks again @Flog00