Schwinn Help
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Schwinn Help
I was cruising the bay last night and found a Schwinn Peloton frame for sale, so being a sucker for the 80ish Schwinn that I am I took a look. It looked great at first and I wanted to bid on it until something caught my eye. This is why I'm posting here for some help. The owner said the frame was a repaint so I'm ok with that but I noticed the Columbus frame decal was for Columbus SLX. Did they use Columbus SLX tubes for the Schwinn Peloton? I have a Schwinn Tempo in Columbus Tenax but I've never seen a 80ish Schwinn in SLX. Did I find a race Schwinn? Could this be a Paramount by mistake? Need some help.
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From: Santa Rosa, California
Bikes: Waterford 953 RS-22, several Paramounts
The mid-eighties Pelotons were next to the Paramounts in the model line-up. In '84 and '85, the Peloton used a custom mix of both Columbus SL and SP tubes, with Sun Tour forged drop-outs with adjusters.
The Super Sport and Tempo used Tenax.
The Super Sport and Tempo used Tenax.
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Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike
and some really ugly Sante componets.
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