On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 12:06:21 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote:
You mean like this?
Sat Night and Sun Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAeb0wiQjA
btw Bill, I spent a month trying to identify the head badge on the classic
lightweight Albert Finney was riding every day to the
GREAT pull! Holdsworth
On Thursday, December 19, 2013 6:53:01 AM UTC-8, Ron Mc wrote:
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 12:06:21 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote:
You mean like this?
Sat Night and Sun Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAeb0wiQjA
btw Bill, I spent a month trying to
My vote goes to Mercian.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:04:12 AM UTC-6, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:27 AM, Michael john1...@gmail.com javascript:
wrote:
Who made the USA's finest lugged, steel, frames back then and what were
the prices like?
Albert Eisentraut
Isn't Mercian British?
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My vote goes
If you don't mind a little off topic historical perspective. I collect and
repair antique fly reels. The US-made reels were all good designs that
came off an assembly line, where manufacturing process design was first and
foremost. The Pflueger Medalist was the premiere American production
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My vote goes to Mercian.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:04:12 AM UTC-6, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:27 AM, Michael john1
Which is, of course, the source of Mericun frames.
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On Dec 17, 2013, at 6:24 AM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On 12/17/2013 08:44 AM, Ron Mc wrote:
well yes, Mercian is in Mercia.
not to be confused with
Schwinn was making beautiful, lugged Paramounts back in those days. Those bikes
are very collectable and are still ridden today.
Eric N
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On Dec 16, 2013, at 10:27 PM, Michael john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Who made the USA's
On 12/17/2013 08:44 AM, Ron Mc wrote:
well yes, Mercian is in Mercia.
not to be confused with 'Merica
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 7:32:06 AM UTC-6, Pudge wrote:
Isn’t Mercian British?
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I agree Paramounts are gorgeous handmade frames, and is likely the pinnacle
of American handmade bicycles during the time - and maybe the only example
we'll come up with.. Does it count the same as the branded Waterford
frames?
But if you look at the flagships, Varsity vs. Grand Prix - there
King of Mercia frame goes back to at least 1956.
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/mercian2.html IMO, probably
the most Riv-esque frame of the period.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 8:51:20 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote:
I agree Paramounts are gorgeous handmade frames, and is likely
As I understand the history, Waterford is a direct successor from the
factory originally started by Wastyn and Schwinn to build Paramounts.
The U.S. did not really have a Rivendell-like company in the 1960s.
Schwinn was still dominant at the time. The Chicago facility made Schwinn
branded
I think you're right.. Schwinn (Paramount) was the only company (at least
that I can recall) manufacturing lugged racing/touring frames in the US in
the 60s. There were other US brands in the mass-market (like Rollfast,
Columbia, Huffy, etc), but I don't recall any of them focusing on racing
Bobby, I tried to answer that above with my fishing reel analogy. Artisan
shops were production in the UK, while assembly lines were production in
the US.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/young/dickerson%20cat/reels.jpg
As late as the '50s, Hardy reels were stamped
Matthew, there was a very trick '73 (Japanese) World Voyager posted on the
CABE yesterday
http://thecabe.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?51177-1973-Schwinn-World-Voyageur
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:25:50 AM UTC-6, Matthew J wrote:
As I understand the history, Waterford is a direct
Thanks Ron. IMO those Japanese Schwinns were as close as one would find to
the Riv model in the U.S. at the time. The owner did a great job on the
restoration too.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 10:46:19 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote:
Matthew, there was a very trick '73 (Japanese) World Voyager
On 12/17/2013 11:27 AM, Ron Mc wrote:
Bobby, I tried to answer that above with my fishing reel analogy.
Artisan shops were production in the UK, while assembly lines were
production in the US.
I'm pretty sure that most Raleigh bicycle production in the UK qualified
as assembly line rather
On 12/17/2013 10:25 AM, Matthew J wrote:
Without googling, I do not recall off hand whether the Japanese
Schwinns were available in the 1960s or 1970s.
1970s after 1970. Images of the 1960-1970 Schwinn catalogs are on-line
here: http://waterfordbikes.com/SchwinnCat/flschwinn_1961_1970/
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Steve,
You mean like this?
Sat Night and Sun Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAeb0wiQjA
On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:20:33 AM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 12/17/2013 11:27 AM, Ron Mc wrote:
Bobby, I tried to answer that above with my fishing reel analogy.
Artisan shops
On 12/17/2013 01:06 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Steve,
You mean like this?
Sat Night and Sun Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAeb0wiQjA
No, like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOE0DbfWqyo
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The market for quality lugged bicycle framed bicycles in the U.S. for
adults was virtually non-existent before the U.S. Bike Boom that began in
the early 1970's. What little demand existed was more than accommodated by
the Schwinn Paramount for domestic buyers and imports from England, France
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On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:27 AM, Michael john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Who made the USA's finest lugged, steel, frames back then and what were the
prices like?
Albert Eisentraut was sort of the granddaddy of American frame builders, so
perhaps him. Tom Ritchey built fine lugged frames in
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