Schwinn Paramount · Reynolds 531 · 1964 to 1979 (Chicago)
The P13 was the road racing Paramount from the years when Paramounts came out of the Cage, a fenced-off frame shop inside Schwinn's Chicago factory. From 1959 every Paramount got Reynolds 531 double-butted tubing, Nervex Professional lugs and Campagnolo dropouts, and the P13 itself ran from 1964 to 1979 on tubulars and Campagnolo sidepulls. Demand pushed output past 1,000 frames in 1970, so from 1971 Pioneer Manufacturing built some frames under contract, with a P1, P2 or P3 stamped on the bottom bracket. Ed Schwinn shut the line down in 1979, and when Marc Muller restarted it, production moved to Waterford, Wisconsin. So every P13 is a Chicago bike, and the serial on the left rear dropout gives the month and year.
Frame check
Original parts to look for
Hard to find if missing
Check the listing photos against these lists, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. Swapped or missing original parts should come off the price if originality matters to you. For replacements, see our vintage components guide.
Most were ridden hard, so expect worn chrome on the dropouts and fork tips, seized stems and seatposts, and tubulars that need replacing. Check the lug edges and the dropouts for rust.
New to old steel? Spotting frame damage in listing photos covers lugs, dropouts and rust, and seller red flags covers wrong sizes, swapped parts and repaints sold as original.
Buying guide
A Chicago Paramount dates itself with a month letter and year digit on the left rear dropout, so ask for that photo first. Plenty are listed, mostly $850 to $1,450 delivered. We'd buy the complete 1971 61 cm at about $1,010, or a bare frame at $345 if you have parts. Chromed dropouts and fork tips pit, so look closely at both.
$345.00est. delivered
A P-10/P-15 touring frame, not the P13 racer, and the seller rates it fair. At $345 delivered it's the cheap way into a Chicago Paramount if you have parts to hang on it.
23" Schwinn Paramount P-10/P-15 Touring Frame Reynolds 531 Campagnolo 1971 FAIR
$1,007.60est. delivered
Complete, said to be excellent, and near the bottom of the band. Check which Campagnolo parts it still has.
Vintage 1971 Schwinn Paramount Road Bike 61cm Excellent Condition!
$1,978.70est. delivered
A 1965 on Campagnolo Record, early in the P13 years, at about $1,980 delivered. Close photos of the Nervex lugs will help confirm it's all original.
Schwinn Paramount 60cm 1965 Rare Campagnolo Record Chicago
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Used$345.00est. delivered
$295.00 + $50.00 shipping
Buy It Now$295.00
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Good buy
Touring frame, 23 in, 1971. Seller rates it fair.
Seller: bbikes
99.7% positive
Used$1,007.60est. delivered
$900.00 + $107.60 shipping
Buy It Now$900.00
Good buy
Complete 1971, 61 cm, said to be excellent.
Seller: pgol7180
100% positive
Used$1,978.70est. delivered
$1,899.00 + $79.70 shipping
Buy It Now$1,899.00
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Good buy
1965 Chicago bike, 60 cm, on Record.
Seller: pedalpu_2
100% positive
Used$800.94est. delivered
$750.00 + $50.94 shipping
Buy It Now$750.00
Our take
P-13 frame and fork, 1973, 24 in, Nuovo Record headset.
Seller: vintage_velo_parts
100% positive
Used$1,104.78est. delivered
$825.00 + $279.78 shipping
Buy It Now$825.00
Our take
1973 on Nuovo Record, a very large 67 cm.
Seller: astrangepatina
100% positive
Used$1,549.99est. delivered
$1,349.99 + $200.00 shipping
Buy It Now$1,349.99
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Our take
1977 P-15 50th Anniversary with Record.
Seller: thecollectionofgoods
99.5% positive
Used$1,685.99est. delivered
$1,500.00 + $185.99 shipping
Buy It Now$1,500.00
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1976 Deluxe from a seller with no feedback.
Seller: bicideacero
No feedback yet
Used$10,252.00est. delivered
$10,000.00 + $252.00 shipping
Buy It Now$10,000.00
Priced high
1969 with full Campagnolo and its paperwork. The top ask by far.
Seller: miruo_55
99.6% positive
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