Edit: since you all are clamoring for more pics, here you go: https://imgur.com/a/QAPoVXM
No joke–saw these sitting in the recycling dumpster at the local dump. Who would do such a thing!?!?
I'm going to clean them up and get em running good again. With the help of AI:
Schwinn Paramount Track frame built between 1969 and 1973:
- Material: Reynolds 531 double-butted steel.
- Lugs: Nervex Professional.
- Dropouts: Campagnolo horizontal track ends.
Gitane Olympic maybe 1977 or 1978:
- full Nuovo Record groupset (crankset, hubs, headset, derailleurs, shifters)
- Campagnolo dropouts
- Reynolds 531 tubing
Anyone have any more info on these bikes, or suggestions on how I should restore them? I am a novice+ bike mechanic, and should even have the campy BB tool for these (from another vintage Gios Torino I restored a while ago). The chromed parts are all a bit copper oxidized. The Schwinn is freakin sexy with its sculpted lugs. It reminds me of a circus.
by fellowapeman