Anything special about Paramount MTBs?
 

There is a Paramount MTB-1994 vintage- for sale locally-$100. There is nothing special-in either direction-about these, right?

From what I can find out they are OK enough Chrome Moly frame bikes with LX components.Most built in Asia with the Paramount name used in the hopes some of the fancy Schwinn cachet would rub off?

Is that about it-about as "good" as a trek 800-900 Series bikes of the same vintage? Nothing "bad" about them either, right?

I think there were some low vol models built for factory racers in Wisconsin, but this obviously isn't one of them.

Thanks
Charlie

$100 sounds good if its in good condition.

I think it's too bad it's not a 1996-97 Paramountain or a 1998-99 Project KOM-10, but I am a bit biased. :)

I had a Series 40. Basic MTB, nothing fancy. Worked for me, but then I only did the Katy Trail and the neighborhood with it.

Some of them were lugged, most all were Tange Prestige tubed and all were at least relatively high end. For the most part, P'mount MTB's are sleeper priced and ride really well. I'd call them pretty special.

Guys-thanks for the info.
I hope this guy calls-I suspect it might be gone-we'll see.

Thanks
Charlie

I just bought it.He was asking $75-paid it.The $100 was another bike.

The paint is a real blast from the past-that splatter paint that was popular in the late 80's early 90's.

The forks are G-Force tapered CR-MO.

The frame decal is missing-from the web site it is 1992-93.

It is very nice riding/handling-about 29 lbs with the kickstand. Components were heavy back then-I think the stem is steel, not aluminum-threaded headset. It is in excellent low use shape.It hung in a garage for 15 years.

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Charlie

PS If I was a fixed speed person this would be a decent starting point.I like gears and brakes, so no way.

The Paramount MTBs are good quality bikes that are unappreciated, even by vintage MTB fans. They are way better than nearly all of the Trek 800 and 900 series bikes; Trek spec'ed out their MTBs pretty low.

ish

I have a TREK 950-early 90's, but since I changed all the components I can't really remember what they were.This is Shimano LX- and the shifter/derailleurs work great. The 950 is DB true temper OX- I don't really know what tubing the Paramount has since only the fork has a material sticker-G Force tapered CR-MO- doesn't really tell me much.
It is a nice riding bike-nice feel-. Wish I was taller-it is a 19"-I usually use 13-15.5 or so.

It is a nice bike.Better feeling than the Trek 700,720,800,820 I had-a little nicer feel than the 950 I have now(15"), but bigger frames always "feel" nicer to me-maybe a little more flex to take the edge off bumps.

I get a kick out of that splatter paint!
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Charlie

I believe the lower end Paramounts were butted chromo, the higher end ones were Tange Prestige, and certain years and models had lugged frame. You can find the specs in the catalog scans here: http://www.trfindley.com/pg_schwinn_cats.htm

I have a Paramount Series 40 at the moment, but I bought it for the thumbshifters rather than to ride.

ish,

Thanks for the link. WOW Schwinn sure made a lot of models. I suspect this is a 1992 or so-kinda hard to say.It says Paramount Series 30 PDG, but it doesn't fit any specs perfectly. It fits the various 30 except for the shifters which are SRAM gripshift, not the Shimano clicker type that the spec sheet reads.Otherwise it fits the bill on the 30 series in the booklets.

Thanks
Charlie