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First ride on my Paramount today!
Purchased this one from the original owner a few years ago and just putting the final touches on it. View attachment 1674644
I know they’re not valuable, but I have never been able to pass up a cheap Murray Monterey- so for $25 it followed me home.
Bought it yesterday off a guy who bought it new in 1983 and delivered newspapers with it. This thing is surprisingly straight with one tiny ding in the back fender, but it’s been badly repainted and has seen a LOT of miles.
I took it for a short ride around the block. Everything is so loose it isn’t so much a bike as it is bicycle parts in loose formation. The pedals are completely worn out and missing bearings, the chrome on the handlebar is worn through in two places from a newspaper bag grinding away at it for years, and the SunTour coaster brake hasn’t seen any grease since 1983. But, it’s an American bike (Murray frame with the pointy rear dropouts going back to 1958) built with a ton of Wald parts so everything is readily available and a couple hours worth of cleaning and greasing will have it ready to run another 40 years. This bike joins my fleet of 6 other bikes with this frame including a J.C. Higgins, a Sears, two Western Flyers, and two with Murray badges.
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