Today was a bad day v.broke one of the Paramounts
08-22-09 | 04:31 PM
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Bikes: 1972 Paramount Track, 1972 Paramount P13 Road, 1972 Paramount Tandem, 1986 Paramount Road, Merckx MXL, Gunnar Cross Hairs, Samson Illusion NJS, KHS Aero Track, Titus Racer X 29er, Tom Palermo Custom Touring
Today was a bad day v.broke one of the Paramounts
Went down on a wet descent, saved myself from a head on with an SUV (it was 100% my fault, I carried too much speed into the turn)
Something isn't right
Yup...very not right, the cracks in the paint are where the fork crown broke
For reference the bike looked like this 1 week ago
The front rim may or may not be toast, I'll back the tension all the way off and see if it can be trued. Right now it has a section about 2cm off.
Something isn't right
Yup...very not right, the cracks in the paint are where the fork crown broke
For reference the bike looked like this 1 week ago
The front rim may or may not be toast, I'll back the tension all the way off and see if it can be trued. Right now it has a section about 2cm off.
08-22-09 | 04:34 PM
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Bikes: 1972 Paramount Track, 1972 Paramount P13 Road, 1972 Paramount Tandem, 1986 Paramount Road, Merckx MXL, Gunnar Cross Hairs, Samson Illusion NJS, KHS Aero Track, Titus Racer X 29er, Tom Palermo Custom Touring
And the pilot...
08-22-09 | 04:37 PM
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That really stinks, i'm off to pour out a 40 in it's memory...
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08-22-09 | 04:44 PM
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Not sure what year yours is, but about 10 mins before I read this thread I was surfing CL and saw this:
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/1329205500.html
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/1329205500.html
08-22-09 | 04:45 PM
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Ouch.
Sorry to hear of the misfortune. The good news is, we aren't reading about you in the paper. Heal up, and don't despair. A new for and a straight wheel - you might be back out there on it in a week or two.
Sorry to hear of the misfortune. The good news is, we aren't reading about you in the paper. Heal up, and don't despair. A new for and a straight wheel - you might be back out there on it in a week or two.
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08-22-09 | 04:51 PM
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Sadly the steer tube is too short on that fork. It would cost me more to get that fork + a new steerer put on than get a custom fork built from scratch.
08-22-09 | 04:54 PM
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You could probably get a new chrome tange fork pretty cheap. I have one on my Trek, it's nothing fancy but I do like it.
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|......GO.BROWNS........| ||'|";, ___.
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08-22-09 | 04:58 PM
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Again, the wreck was 100% my fault, the driver of the oncoming SUV did everything they could to avoid running me over shy of driving off the hill.
08-22-09 | 05:09 PM
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It looks okay as far as I can tell, the chip in the paint was already there. I will have a local builder throw the frame on his alignment table before I move forward on trying to source a fork etc.
08-22-09 | 05:11 PM
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In the meantime, one of the Japanese unicrown Paramount forks available on eBay should do you until you have this one taken care of.
-Kurt
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08-22-09 | 05:12 PM
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that may hurt in the morning. I was wondering about the DT also it might be the pic though
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08-22-09 | 05:14 PM
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I'm glad you survived relatively intact. I can't help but wonder what would have happened if you'd been on a carbon bike.
