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42 year old Paramount and Climbing, surprised me.
 

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

7/10/13 1:03 PM

42 year old Paramount and Climbing, surprised me.

Elaine and I went out yesterday after no bikes since we got on the plane to TX Friday last. [day before for me, several prior for her]

I took the Paramount and Elaine on a no compromise ride with a few semi serious hills. She decided to walk up that last one about 5 miles from the house on the return. I also pushed her along a bit up a few less serious ones on the remainder home as the 20 miles [truncated version in miles not hills] and the hills taxed her a bit. ;)

She did so well and no complaints embracing the 'reaching' ride. I am super proud of her attitude and progress. She is loving the bike and riding, what I always hoped for one day.

Back to the Schwinn. There is 1/2 mile 200' elevation hill I usually zig zag up after pushing for 25 miles when alone. But with the softer pedaling with Elaine I had a lot of reserve apparently. A lesson for me actually.

I did the hill out of the saddle and repeated it while Elaine was walking up. The old 531 Reynolds frame [with non compact gearing]... Well, I was quite surprised the lack of flex or any contrary physics I could notice. 32x revo-spoked wheels [14/15 drive] probably helped a little.

Coffee induced verbiage, sorry for lack of a truncated version of the post. ;O

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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
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Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real

7/10/13 4:46 PM

Fresh legs bro, the time off forced recovery.

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

7/10/13 6:24 PM

Worst part of being 56 and riding too many days.
What used to take a day now takes more
, and then some on certain jaunts. But the frame still
Surprised me..

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dddd
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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Location: NorCal

7/16/13 12:59 PM

The old bike have shorter cranks?

That's something that helps me when riding uphill out of the saddle, fwiw.

I took a picture of my early-'68 Paramount here:

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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield

7/16/13 1:09 PM

WOW

and the bar tape

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

7/16/13 1:25 PM

Nice bike!


Cranks on mine are 172.5mm.

I also am loosing weight. So a few rest days, less weight ads up, or down perhaps.

Could also be I have to get my ass up, the 39/27 sitting for steeper is a grind more-so. So I seem to use the 39/24 and find a niche. I took the Scott out yesterday and came back after a 20 minute ride. Mistake was hitting a steep hill before I warmed up properly, and I got out late in the day. [traffic and temp]

We just got back from a quickie, Elaine not recovered from the Sat 33 miler, her longest ride to date. She did so well Sat. I was repeating the hills 2-3x out of the saddle, [on Paramount] she and our son along went up like they both had 700 less miles for the season than me. So maybe yesterday I was not recovered from Sat either. Or I just gave up too soon more likely being a wimp and all...

Some days I just don't feel like riding until I give it 1-1/2 hours. Was not willing to ride yesterdays road into rush hour pretty much. [Had a diverter to replace in the shower prior to getting out]

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dddd
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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Location: NorCal

7/16/13 2:16 PM

I finally bought a house, after pursuing a short-sale for 6mos, so found myself having to replace one of those diverters myself only two days ago!

I'm working mostly with one hand since breaking my wrist and suffering CRPS complication 10 wks ago.
Having to ride one-handed as well, so my fitness is falling off while my RH bone density has fallen from non-use.
Good news is that my specialist gave me the okay yesterday to force usage, despite the near-rigid joints. I stick-shifted and steered (with no power steering) for the first time in months on the way home from the doc's.

Thanks for the compliments on the old Schwinn.
And don't do what I did (tipping over while clipped in following a stop)!

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

7/16/13 2:27 PM

Short sales, MEH! LOL.

We wound up with a Homepath house which we closed on in 21 days. Sure wish we had not looked at 30+ short sale houses first. MEH^10!

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Andy M-S
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3377
Location: Hamden (greater New Haven) CT

7/16/13 7:16 PM

Plastique!

Neat green tape--I haven't seen that in many a year. Overall, a cool bike--the color sort of reminds me of a model motorcycle I had as a kid. Oh--found a picture. I guess yours is a nicer green! The Paramount is definitely a nicer bike!

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dddd
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3345
Location: NorCal

7/16/13 10:25 PM

Wow, a late '60's Shovelhead with girder fork, fishtail pipes, hydro rear brake and 2D ornamental iron sissy bar.
(missing right floorboard btw)
That one coulda made the cover of "Easy Rider for Kids" magazine, that's for sure!

The short sale was suggested by my cycling friend broker, and the listing fell under the radar (no photos of the inside) because it was still occupied by heavy smokers.
Lots of sq-feet and BR's/baths for the money though, and I'm wrapping up a top-notch basement refurb after having already fixed the paint and carpet.
Not bad now, since it's only 17 years old and is only 1/4 mile from my current apt residence.
The last remaining smoke-decontamination site is the air duct to the AC/furnace (from the inlet air filter). Man, that air pipe reeks like an ashtray on hot days when it gets hot up there in the attic, so the first blast of air from the vent registers when the fan turns on is pretty foul.

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Andy M-S
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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Location: Hamden (greater New Haven) CT

7/17/13 4:15 AM

Revell's "Chopped Hog (aka 'Chopped Hawg')"

It was 1/8 "scale", so the model was HUGE. ISTRC that the chrome plating ultimately defeated me--with a model that large, god gluing was important, and given that at least half the parts in the kit were chrome plated, that was kind of difficult, even if you spent time scraping the stuff off. What wasn't chromed was either soft black "rubber" or molded in the metallic green that I was reminded of by your frame...

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

7/17/13 8:54 AM

I find myself taking this antique instead of more zoot choices in my garage, full circle perhaps...

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mag7
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 888
Location: Lake James, NC

7/17/13 9:20 AM

Awesome Paramount - man, that takes me back to the good ole days....rode Paramounts for almost thirty years.

Been saving up for another road bike and in researching Waterford I came across Ellis Cycles and have a lugged Strada frame on order.

For any of you Schwinn aficionados, you can talk a walk down memory lane at the Waterford web site where they have digitized most of the Schwinn catalogs going all the way back to 1895, here:

http://waterfordbikes.com/w/culture/schwinn-catalogs/

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