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.
