2009 Paramount
10-01-08, 08:39 PM
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K2ProFlex baby!
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2009 Paramount
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
10-01-08, 08:41 PM
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Hi. I'm in Delaware.
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I dare someone to buy it and slap a cheap formula wheelset on it with janky chain tension
10-01-08, 09:04 PM
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K2ProFlex baby!
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
10-01-08, 09:09 PM
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bum style
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10-01-08, 09:18 PM
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Gone Tarcking. Back Later
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Vertical dropouts, it looks like. Janky chain tension fo' free!
= FAIL (for fixed)
...that being said.... that is a BEAUTIFUL bike.
= FAIL (for fixed)
...that being said.... that is a BEAUTIFUL bike.
10-01-08, 09:32 PM
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Is that a carbon fork? Boooo.
10-01-08, 11:48 PM
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One skid from blown knees
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10-02-08, 12:03 AM
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extra bitter
Why would Schwinn throw such an ugly fork on that bike?
And whoever put that Chris King on the Paramount should be fired.
And whoever put that Chris King on the Paramount should be fired.
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10-02-08, 05:32 AM
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nope, this was right to start with....
Richard Schwinn and company are making this frame. It so happens R. Schwinn now calls himself Waterford Precision Cycles now...
Really, Schwinn (Co.) needed to produce this in the original Paramount factory to pull off the heritage/$$$/fuzzy feelings campaign. And it so happens it's a truly top-quality and beautiful frame to boot.
Richard Schwinn and company are making this frame. It so happens R. Schwinn now calls himself Waterford Precision Cycles now...
Really, Schwinn (Co.) needed to produce this in the original Paramount factory to pull off the heritage/$$$/fuzzy feelings campaign. And it so happens it's a truly top-quality and beautiful frame to boot.
10-02-08, 06:05 AM
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Actually, for all the detail work that went into the lugs and stays and everything, those Schwinn graphics are pretty horrible.
They should have gone retro like the Madison on a flagship bike that they're re-intruducing.
They should have gone retro like the Madison on a flagship bike that they're re-intruducing.
10-02-08, 07:47 AM
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extra bitter
I think this misses the point. This is a lugged, steel throwback of a bike. If it were a modern, high-performance frame, that would be different, but this looks like it's meant more for turning heads than serious riding. This really ought to have a steel fork with a pretty crown.
