I have thoughts on my paramount but I want to take a picture (maybe this weekend) before posting them so this is OFF LIST.

Here are my thoughts on my paramount - - -

1.  I can straddle the 25" but its hard on my genitals - in flip-flops I probably couldn't.
2.  My 1974 bike was purchased by a Lawyer after sitting in the shop for 2 years.  He had it converted to P15 components, campy brakes, barcons, Unicanitor saddle.
3.  When I got the bike in 1980 it had about 150 miles on it.  LIKE NEW.  A few black specs gone from the '531' decal and the 'S' in 'SCHWINN'
4.  Mine is a P13-9, and yes when I pedal hard the front derailleur rubs and I can never seem to get it perfect because - bottom bracket frame flex?  Or campy triple?
5.  Mine has original Araya 640-gram 27" steamroller wheels and cheap 27" tires and the frame is heavy and rides like a tank.  The tank feeling really kills the experience for me.
6.  I hate Unicanitor saddles.  Even though it's padded it's like sitting on a rock !!!  It's the only saddle that leaves me numb after a long ride ...
7.  I dislike it that the bike is silver.  I would also be unhappy with black or white - what's the point?  Schwinn colors are part of the Schwinn experience ..
8. The badging is bland.  I really go for the english look with lug-lining and panels, lots of decals, there is hardly ANY badging on a paramount - as 531 decals + 2 more decals and DONE .... although mine does have white/black/white 3.5mm transition stripes for all 6 chromed stays ...

So I feel like I'm getting only 60% of the schwinn paramount experience from all of these downsides ...

- Don Gillies
Palo Alto, CA

==== Schwinn Paramount Offers =====

peter koskinen - $2000 - chromed paramount, perfect condition.
walla walla - $365 - sn-filed, bb mushroomed, black, headset, bb, cinelli new logo bar/stem, sf hubs, 206-618-7011

jacob renton - looking for 25" paramount.

via charles nighbor, 23" repainted silver blue, no decals, $1500, sacramento
via charles nighbor, 23" white, $700 frame only
via charles nighbor, 24" orange repaint / lugs painted, $975 laguna hills
doug charles in washington, 24", black, 1971 repaint as 1977, $900, crank stamped, hard plastic unicanitor, needs rear qr, needs inner chainring.
  - no toolkit
  - needs rear qr - $40  (he found it)
  - needs inner chainring - $40
  - weird ID no / stamp on crankset
  - i offered him $800.

Via Barry Pullen, richmond virgina, 1-804-561-3950
  - do you know why the bike has phil wood hubs?
    - needed a new set of wheels, i built them for rickey.
    - (don) superlight mavic GL40 vintage black rims, asian skewers.
  - who is Rickey?  Why are you selling for him?  BAC member.  not
    tech savvy.  2nd owner.  rain man, bought it 25y ago has ridden
    200k miles, this bike 20k miles, rides  2mi/d 260d+/yr.
    How is he doing?  xray showed an aneurysm in his abdomem many
    years ago, he finally got it fixed, doing just fine.
  - online it says you are 83?  yes, ricky is similar, trying to beat
    me as oldest member of BAC or something.
  - have you seen the CR mailing list? no.
  - i spent a summer in Hampton Roads and was really impressed with virginia.
  - recommends "my life on two wheels", dr graves, $40, typically sells 
    for $100+, graves passed away in 1985, only 1000 hardcopies, mentor
    to kevin montgomery.
  - rickys phone number 804-755-6336 a landline so no text, and no email.