My KOM has a level top tube. Steepish geometry. Like I said, it could be a good monster tourer, once I figure out the rack situation. I'm going on a ride this Saturday, regardless of the 25 degree forecast. Studded tires!
The QR Wald 3133 is good for now for shopping and general light stuff, but it sways around once I put a six-pack or two up there. I'll upgrade the front to an M12 canti rack and medium Wald 137 eventually. That, paired with an Acorn large Saddlebag, should carry moderate loads ok (I have a black B17 on it now). Maybe I'll clamp on a rear rack, or maybe I'll get an Old Man Mountain skewer mount rack for the rear. Pump peg! Same tubing, same lug set. And check out the tread remaining on those 25 year old tires. I tried a giant Wald twin basket in back, but it was too heavy. Made the bike look--and handle--like a shopping cart. A very patriotic shopping cart. Cheers, Tim On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got a couple ideas for cargo. I might do a rear rack for a light > pannier or two or a saddlebag support. For starters though, it'll be > stripped down. > > Does your KOM have a level top tube, or is it a sloper? The Paramountain > is level. > > On Friday, February 21, 2014 6:17:27 AM UTC-8, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> Nice bike, great pictures. The bullmoose bars should rock for trail >> cruising. Throw a basket on, and it'd be a good beer run bike, too. >> >> Thanks for the detail shots; I can see that the frame of my KOM is almost >> identical. Same lugs, same cable braze-ons, same tubing, same chainstays. >> Same seat cluster w/pump peg. Wish I had the same dropouts, though. >> >> Sounds like they didn't make too many Paramountains (200-300?). I think >> Schwinn sent the jig down to the newish Greenville plant to increase >> production; they made 1000 KOM-10s in 88 and 89. >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> This has me very interested in doing the same to my somewhat to small >>> MB-5... Congrats on the new cockpit! >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
