Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Schwinn Paramount 50th Anniversary Edition

     

  I tried building this bike with full Shimano Dura Ace AX gruppo but I was limiting the build to 6 speeds only since the AX group is an indexed 6 speed and no matter how good your friction shifting is, the rear deraileur would index into one of those 6 grooves of the RD. Since this is a 1988 Paramount with Shimano dropouts, I decided to go with Dura Ace 7410 stuff. Although the 8 speed DA was officially released in 1989, prototypes of the DA 8 were used in the 1988 Giro D'Italia.
     
       The highlight of this project is probably the rare SP-7410 black Dura Ace seatpost and the Dura Ace handlebar and stem with hidden bolts.




50/39 x 12-13-14-15-16-17-21-25





Columbus SLX Tubing





crappy pics for now until I can figure out how to take pics like this

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Tim Isaac's Interview

And here is a guy who has a vast collection of  Paramounts: Gary Porter's Paramounts

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The Paramount Registry

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Determine the Manufacture date of your Paramount
 

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Information from Waterford Precision Cycles 

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Peloton Magazine 50/50 

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Story of Kevin Eccles Schwinn Paramount build.  

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

For Sale?
cnighbor@pacbell.net

Jack Ibagbaga (also known as) Batillog said...

Sorry Charles, not for sale :)
My maiden ride with this bike was on Sierra Road last February's AToC 2008 and it was really sweet.

Anonymous said...

What's your build number on the bottom?

Jack Ibagbaga (also known as) Batillog said...

build number is 14th.

52cm Road Waterford July 1988 14th Frame