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Yea, it's pink alright. In a Rapha Metrosexual way I guess. The levers are Suntour Superbe Aero's. When I bought the bike it had the full Superbe group on it but the lever hoods were a gawd awful hot pink and that was the first thing to come off. I tried to find some reasonable replacements but nothing looked right. I finally gave up and decided to wrap em up in cloth tape. I like the way it turned out.
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That Paramount is almost too nice to convert, esp. with the original grouppo being Suntour Superbe (which I love).
It does look awesome and I bet it rides great. Don't sell the original parts! I've got a Waterford built track bike and would kill for a Paramount roadie.
It does look awesome and I bet it rides great. Don't sell the original parts! I've got a Waterford built track bike and would kill for a Paramount roadie.
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I originally bought it for my son as a birthday present (ebay). It was damaged in shipment. Friggin FEDEX. The fork was bent out of alignment and there is a small ding on the inside left fork. The seller and I came to an agreement on an adjusted price and I kept the bike. I bought a Pinarello frame and built up a bike for my son using mostly modern shimaNO components but he liked the Superbe calipers - all the other components are on the Paramount or stored away in the garage. The Frame sat 7 months - then I got tired of feeling bad about it so I took the frameset down the Elliott Bay Cycles (Davidson) and had them look it over. They said the fork could be fixed good as new for 400 bucks (most of that is paint if you can believe it) or re-aligned and made completely safe for 80. I went the 80 dollar route and decided then to go fixed. I have 2 nice geared road bikes (a '99 Merlin Extralight and a '77 Bruce Gordon) and really fine MTB ('99 Yo Eddy). I wanted something completely different and this bike fits the bill. The nice thing about conversions like this. You can 'undo' it if you change your mind later. In the meantime, I can enjoy its new life as a fixie. Far better than it sitting mothballed in the garage. Bikes should be ridden right? Maybe someday when I have a clear consience to spend money on real restorations, the Paramount will get the full treatment but until then this is good enough for me.
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Yea, it's pink alright. In a Rapha Metrosexual way I guess. The levers are Suntour Superbe Aero's. When I bought the bike it had the full Superbe group on it but the lever hoods were a gawd awful hot pink and that was the first thing to come off. I tried to find some reasonable replacements but nothing looked right. I finally gave up and decided to wrap em up in cloth tape. I like the way it turned out.
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tell me more about this axle adjustment doodad... seems akin to the tuggnut by Surly (which i've been thinking about picking up, though i can't see it working on anything other than a Surly frame.... the body appears matched to the dropouts...).
i think i could use on on my Mark V....
i think i could use on on my Mark V....
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surly tuggnut will work on most will work on most frames
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Warfordium - Those are Sinz tensioners. They do the same thing as the Surly, but @ $10/pair it's a much better deal. No bottle opener though if that makes a difference.
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You guys don't find that in the summer with riding a couple hours per day you can drink all the beer, smoke all the pot and eat all the **** food you want and still be skinny?
****, half the motivation for riding so much is so I can abuse my body but still be physically fit, haha
****, half the motivation for riding so much is so I can abuse my body but still be physically fit, haha
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OK so finally got it all set up with homemade *mudflaps. Making fenders is pretty nice. I don't use bottle holders on the frame because I don't find it safe to reach down when on a fixed, so it's much easier to reach behind
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you mean homemade mudflaps, right?
i can see the SKS sticker so i'm guessing you don't live in their factory
bike looks so sweet.
i can see the SKS sticker so i'm guessing you don't live in their factory
bike looks so sweet.
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Please tell me that's a line you took I woulda crapped my pants doing it on that bike no cross levers and the fact that the line I see only lasts about 10 feet down that hill. I'd want a hard tale for that for sure, but man that looks like such a blast!!
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Holy padding on those bars
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they're aero.
like these: https://www.bicyclebuys.com/productim...610065PART.jpg
i.e. that's not padding, it's the shape of the bar.
like these: https://www.bicyclebuys.com/productim...610065PART.jpg
i.e. that's not padding, it's the shape of the bar.
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Hah, not so much. The drop from the edge of the grass to the eroded soil was about six feet and the soil was basically fuffy mud.
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haha ok that makes since after seeing the link to the bars, sweet bike though
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A see a chain tensioner on vertical dropouts, does that work well?
Also looks like theres only one on there.
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As the others have pointed out, the crosscheck has long horizontal dropouts so it makes converting easy. The Surly tuggnut is perfect for conversion frames and works on them all. You really only need one