On 12/17/2013 03:30 PM, Matthew J wrote:
> By 1971 there was the P15, a (light) touring bike equipped with a Campagnolo triple crank. I ordered mine in July, 1971. Reckon that was quite a bike.
It was. I rode mine for 20 years, until I got the Spectrum, at which point I discovered just how poorly it fit me. I'd ordered a 23" frame but they mismarked the order and checked 22" instead. When it arrived, the LBS then gave me the old "the smallest frame you can fit is best because it's lightest and stiffest" razzle, and knowing it would be at least another six months before I could get a 23" (I ordered it in July, took delivery in January of the year following) I agreed. After one ride on the Spectrum I knew I could never ride the Paramount again. I put it in the shed and before long it had been stolen.
It did have some quirks. For the first year, it had a terrible, terrifying speed wobble. I changed stem and bars and somehow, I still don't know how, the speed wobble went away, but fast descents always felt as though the bike was only a knife-edge away from instability. I'd say it felt like I was holding my life in a fishbowl between my fingers, with outstretched arms.
All that said, I still wish I had it. I feel like 20 years of memories disappeared along with that bike.
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