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cudak888 11-28-09 03:21 PM

TWINS! (Blingy Paramount content)
 
Please welcome the latest, completed addition to the stable - a '72 P-13. Just completed it yesterday. Beat all my previous records: From parts to built in 3 months.

The '70 P-13 is in the background.

Click the photos for full resolution.

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_1LG.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_2LG.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_3.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_4.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_5LG.jpg

('70 in foreground)
http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_6.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_7.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_8.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_9.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_10.jpg

-Kurt

cudak888 11-28-09 03:22 PM

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_11.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_112809_12.jpg

-Kurt

P.S.: Those curious about the earliest history of the '72 might wish to see this thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...mount-Question

http://www.jaysmarine.com/72paramount_will3.jpg

junkfoodjunkie 11-28-09 03:23 PM

Very nice!!!

Bianchigirll 11-28-09 03:40 PM

yes they are both very nice.

KonAaron Snake 11-28-09 04:08 PM

Love the chrome and the copper rail brooks professionals.

Grand Bois 11-28-09 04:11 PM


Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake (Post 10084495)
Love the chrome and the copper rail brooks professionals.

The rails don't look like copper to me.

KonAaron Snake 11-28-09 04:12 PM

They had the yellowish look in the photos, but I'm also color blind with questionable vision. Regardless, beautiful saddles.

cudak888 11-28-09 04:39 PM


Originally Posted by Dirtdrop (Post 10084514)
The rails don't look like copper to me.

Both of them are chrome. The example on the '70 is a replacement, while the small-rivet on the '72 is original. The only copper-rail Pro that I own is presently on my 1982 Schwinn Superior.

-Kurt

randyjawa 11-28-09 05:00 PM

Beautiful bikes. I would one day like to find an old Paramount just to see what the fuss is all about. The trick is to keep on looking. Once again, very nice.

cudak888 11-28-09 05:11 PM


Originally Posted by randyjawa (Post 10084678)
Beautiful bikes. I would one day like to find an old Paramount just to see what the fuss is all about. The trick is to keep on looking. Once again, very nice.

If you like stiff riding machines, you won't regret it. Try and aim for a P-13 that runs 700C's - post '71 if you like Italian handling, pre-'71 if you prefer an English feel. That said, the larger-rim examples - at least, my '70 - aren't as lively. Probably due to the longer chainstays.

-Kurt

joe englert 11-28-09 05:13 PM

bravo kurt!!! save one for me if you ever get twins again!

Barrettscv 11-28-09 05:16 PM

Very nice, thanks for the photos.

Michael

akcapbikeforums 11-28-09 05:24 PM

Very Nice.

What is the brand of handlebar tape... is that straight cotton, sticky back fabric, or...?

Rabid Koala 11-28-09 05:38 PM

Mmmmmmm! A chrome Paramount is good, two are even better!

Nice job, Kurt.

cudak888 11-28-09 06:08 PM


Originally Posted by akcapbikeforums (Post 10084740)
What is the brand of handlebar tape... is that straight cotton, sticky back fabric, or...?

Velox - cotton with sticky back. I prefer to apply it after dampening it, for it doesn't take corners without a fight (and each roll was short enough to force a partial re-wrap of the Campione Del Mondo bars - 3 attempts per side). They usually do Giro's without much fuss.


Originally Posted by Rabid Koala (Post 10084775)
Mmmmmmm! A chrome Paramount is good, two are even better!

You ought to know, you lucky devil! :thumb:

-Kurt

cudak888 11-28-09 06:10 PM


Originally Posted by joe englert (Post 10084710)
bravo kurt!!! save one for me if you ever get twins again!

Just PM me your size and price range, and I'll keep an eye out for anything local.

-Kurt

pastorbobnlnh 11-28-09 06:15 PM


Originally Posted by Rabid Koala (Post 10084775)
Mmmmmmm! A chrome Paramount is good, two are even better!

Nice job, Kurt.

Spoken by one who knows! :innocent:

So you know what this means, don't you Kurt? ;) When any C&Ver comes to visit you in Miami, you must ride in pairs, on your nearly matched chrome Paramounts, outfitted in matching early '70s racing kits :eek: (that will be the day we see Kurt in any form of spandex), while wearing leather hairnet head protectors. All pictures must be shot using Ektachrome film. :rolleyes:

retyred 11-28-09 06:22 PM

Bee-yoo tee ful! A fine job, Kurt. My wife just asked me what I want for Christmas.
" Oh Sweetheart, would you come here and look at Kurt's pictures." :love:

EjustE 11-28-09 06:25 PM

pretty spiffy great looking bikes!

Rabid Koala 11-28-09 06:40 PM


Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh (Post 10084874)
Spoken by one who knows! :innocent:

So you know what this means, don't you Kurt? ;) When any C&Ver comes to visit you in Miami, you must ride in pairs, on your nearly matched chrome Paramounts, outfitted in matching early '70s racing kits :eek: (that will be the day we see Kurt in any form of spandex), while wearing leather hairnet head protectors. All pictures must be shot using Ektachrome film. :rolleyes:

The same thing could happen in San Diego, save for the spandex.......

cudak888 11-28-09 06:56 PM


Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh (Post 10084874)
So you know what this means, don't you Kurt? ;) When any C&Ver comes to visit you in Miami, you must ride in pairs, on your nearly matched chrome Paramounts, outfitted in matching early '70s racing kits :eek: (that will be the day we see Kurt in any form of spandex), while wearing leather hairnet head protectors. All pictures must be shot using Ektachrome film. :rolleyes:

I have often wondered what a 1960s/'70s Schwinn wool jersey would have looked like, had one been produced back in the day. I'd probably wear one (though not in present weather conditions - cold).

Hairnet helmets - sooner or later, I'll find one for the collection...


Originally Posted by retyred (Post 10084899)
My wife just asked me what I want for Christmas.
" Oh Sweetheart, would you come here and look at Kurt's pictures." :love:

:roflmao:

-Kurt

shrinkboy 11-29-09 08:53 AM

i almost bought that bike last summer when i saw his ad on ebay and there was something about it that made me want to be careful and ask questions, so i asked him to find the serial #, and measure the frame for me, and do some other stuff just to verify it was a real P-mount frame and he wasn't some scammer. he got all flustered when i told him how to measure the frame and yadda yadda, and told me he was pulling the auction until he got some expert help, and now i see he was getting expert help back in 2007. crap! and NICE bike, cuda.

cudak888 11-29-09 09:16 AM


Originally Posted by shrinkboy (Post 10086484)
he got all flustered when i told him how to measure the frame and yadda yadda

Mainly because he did not know how to measure the frame in the first place. Go through those archived threads - there is no discussion regarding frame size.

I recall him telling me that he was rudely attacked, A&S style, by some of the individuals inquiring on this subject. Put yourself in his shoes.

-Kurt

Scooper 11-29-09 09:16 AM


Originally Posted by cudak888 (Post 10084994)
I have often wondered what a 1960s/'70s Schwinn wool jersey would have looked like, had one been produced back in the day. I'd probably wear one (though not in present weather conditions - cold).

Like ths?

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7...CIMG5220sm.jpg

Beautiful '72 P13 build, Kurt!

cudak888 11-29-09 09:56 AM


Originally Posted by Scooper (Post 10086543)
Like ths?

Is that genuine? If so, were they produced prior to '76 as well?

-Kurt


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