BikingViking793 

Hello. I finally found a 70s Paramount that I thought looked good for a reasonable price. The serial number looks to be C7326, a little hard to read but pretty sure. Has Campy everything except for the bars and stem are Cinelli. I think much of it is original except for the wheels and obviously the pedals. Pedals are Look carbon which makes me believe this bike has been on the road in the more recent past. Hoods also seem to be very nice still. Bike has been updated to 700c and has some Continental Super Sport Ultra 700x25c tires, rims are Mavic Module E2? Hubs are Campy Record and appear to have some weird stickers on them? Curious what that is. Missing most or perhaps all the original decals, the Paramount decals are on a rectangular clear background. Think there was at least a partial repaint, the top tube paint is thicker until it suddenly thins by the lugs. Hoping I can clean that up a bit with some polish and rubbing compound maybe with some touching up. Not sure if the brakes are original but they are Campy side pull and say Brev.Inter. Guy I bought it from was selling for his grandpa who he said inherited from a rich friend. He doubted the rich friend ever road it as he was big. So not much history.
Bike rides and shifts quite well for needing a lot of cleaning up. Very smooth ride and the saddle seems quite comfy though I have only cruised around a little. Curious if this is maybe a P13? Hoping the decals I see on ebay are ok as I hope to clean it up and then get some decals back on it.

juvela

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all braze-ons other than chainstay stop are likely to be post-manufacture additions

the Super Record headset is something which did not exist in 1973

incasso mount brakes did not exist in 1973

cycle exhibits a mixed set of incasso front paired with nutted year

curved quick release skewer levers were not current in 1973

check hub axle locknuts for date, you may find hubs to be later than cycle


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merziac

@BikingViking793

Those DT decals are oversize replica's, the repops on efbay seem ok, I have some but have not applied any yet.

Great score, everyone should have a Paramount or dozen.

juvela

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if mine, would essay to get it as close to year correct as feasible

otherwise its just another "worked on" Paramount...


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