>>1272650>Among the best doesn't mean a whole lot for pre-80's steel.Using 753 or SL was a hell of a lot better than electro-welded hiten, and those steels are still breddy gud by modern standards.
>The reason why Paramounts were bought was because they were made in the USAGetting high-end euro road racers was difficult before globalization. From the late-30s to the mid-70s, Paramounts were a lot easier to get a hold of in the US than any other racer, although they had fallen behind their peers in the late 50s because bike racing was nearly dead in the US and the Paramount's lead builder was depressed because of his daughter's death. As a side-note, the Sting-ray and Varsity basically saved cycling in the US, so it's no wonder Schwinn wound up with tunnel vision.
>The bike boom nearly killed paramount you colossal faggotThey expanded production of Paramounts a great deal during the boom years. Schwinn's main problem at that time was not properly expanding on the Paramount brand by offering mid-market stuff that was competitive with the Japanese and European CrMo offerings that used Suntour and Shimano bits. By the time they started trying, by offering rebranded Panasonics, the road bike boom was over. Then Schwinn refused to lead the BMX and MTB booms, had union issues, and went into a tailspin, so the Paramount became outdated, too. And maybe you could cool it on the anger and insults?
>Paramount was shuttered in 1979.1994. The 1979 closure was a mistake that Schwinn corrected in 1980 by opening up the Waterford Paramount factory and starting PDG.
>The reason they were outsourced was because Paramount was making out of date bikes and it was easier just to outsource to newer frame builders.They outsourced in 1971 to Pioneer Manufacturing in Wisconsin, because they couldn't keep up pace with demand in Chicago. It sounds like you're thinking of PDG, the belated attempt to appeal to the mid-market.
>It's not at all a big or hugely profitable business. So?
