Paramount technical info needed
 

What's the wheelbase of the 60's, 70's Schwinn Paramount? Is the only difference between the P13 (race) and P10~15(tourer, tourer with triple) just the addition of eyelets or is the geometry different? When did they started shrinking the wheelbase and raising the bottom bracket?

I crashed my commuter bike into a field, destroyed the frame fork and tire (both top and down tube cracked). While I should be looking at something with canti brakes and more wheelbase, damn it chromed nervex lugs are damn sexy... They are so pretty I know we can make this work out :love:

Here are some pics of my dead bike :cry:

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=325341

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=325342

What are the odds of fixing that fork?

The best source of 70s Paramount geometry I've found is in the 1976 Paramount catalog:

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

A decade later, the 1987 had a steeper seat tube angle, and shorter chainstays and wheelbase:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7...7p_a28-4sm.jpg

check here
http://www.kurtkaminer.com/TH_paramountregistry.html

Anybody knows the chain stay length for the 60s~70s? Bottom bracket drop?

I'm not going to have the chance to try one before I get it. Hopefully I won't have to play catch and release with this. If anybody has a 21"-22" 60s~70s P10-15 for sale, even if just the frame/fork/headset, I'm all ears. Paint can be chewy but I care for clean chrome.

The chainstay length of my 1972 P15-9 is 435mm. The BB drop is 70mm.

Mine is a 24" frame, but all sizes had the same chainstay length and BB drop.

Dang it I'm having a hard time finding what I want:

• Late 60's to 70's.
• P10 or P15, 21~22 inches. Or P10 in 22 inches.
• OK paint, but good chrome.
• As unmolested as possible.

If somebody spots one that fits this description please let me know. There's a '69 on ebay right now but it is a repaint job with the chromed fork and rear ends covered. I'm afraid that somebody sanded those in order to make the paint stick.