Club Viscount
01-09-13, 01:40 PM
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Club Viscount
Well I've officially joined, who else has a viscount that they're proud to own?
01-09-13, 02:50 PM
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01-09-13, 04:25 PM
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Here's my mid 70's Aerospace Pro. It's an OEM mix of Lambert, Viscount, and Shimano parts. I've swapped the "Death Fork" for one made of steel.
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I love Viscounts, This is the Aerospace Pro I rebuilt for my son. Gone is the death fork (stored in my shop) for a modern cro-mo piece.
01-09-13, 05:26 PM
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I bought one from frank the welder and will build it up for my wife. I hope she likes it. She didn't like the last bike I build for her. She wants a bike light enough for her to lift and with wide-ish tires. I think this can take 27x1-1/4" tires, which might suffice.
Pictures later.
Pictures later.
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01-09-13, 05:29 PM
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I bought one from frank the welder and will build it up for my wife. I hope she likes it. She didn't like the last bike I build for her. She wants a bike light enough for her to lift and with wide-ish tires. I think this can take 27x1-1/4" tires, which might suffice.
Pictures later.
Pictures later.
01-09-13, 05:35 PM
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The ad on the well-known classifieds site I responded to was already two weeks old and said: 'For free: 10-speed bike, Viscount, needs some work' and contained the picture below. I called anyway. It was still there. So off I went.
Shifting is performed by a Shimano Crane/Titleist combo, rims are NISI-EVIAN 27" , bar is a Milremo, bar stem a GB. Hubs, crankset and brake calipers are Viscount. Brake levers are Lambert.
Shifting is performed by a Shimano Crane/Titleist combo, rims are NISI-EVIAN 27" , bar is a Milremo, bar stem a GB. Hubs, crankset and brake calipers are Viscount. Brake levers are Lambert.
01-09-13, 06:07 PM
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The ad on the well-known classifieds site I responded to was already two weeks old and said: 'For free: 10-speed bike, Viscount, needs some work' and contained the picture below. I called anyway. It was still there. So off I went.
Shifting is performed by a Shimano Crane/Titleist combo, rims are NISI-EVIAN 27" , bar is a Milremo, bar stem a GB. Hubs, crankset and brake calipers are Viscount. Brake levers are Lambert.
Shifting is performed by a Shimano Crane/Titleist combo, rims are NISI-EVIAN 27" , bar is a Milremo, bar stem a GB. Hubs, crankset and brake calipers are Viscount. Brake levers are Lambert.
01-09-13, 06:31 PM
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To own it: yes, absolutely. I love stuff that is out of the ordinary. Death fork? Well, if you're gonna die anyway ...
To ride it: dunno, haven't ridden it yet. The afore-mentioned work still needs to be carried out. Other projects kept getting in the way.
That is, until you started this thread. I just took it down from the attic:
To ride it: dunno, haven't ridden it yet. The afore-mentioned work still needs to be carried out. Other projects kept getting in the way.
That is, until you started this thread. I just took it down from the attic:
01-10-13, 08:27 AM
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Death fork? Naaaah!!
Bike was upgraded to 7-speed index and sidepull calipers. I have since gone back to the OEM centerpulls and installed a proper Viscount saddle.
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01-15-13, 01:31 AM
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Hi All,
Just joined in order to browse this thread and post a few Viscount pictures up.
I had a Viscount back in 1979 and rode it into the ground by 1983.
My son picked up the Aerospace 'Pro this summer and it re-ignited my desire for the bike of my youth. Since then, I have picked up an all original 'Sport and a nice Sebring for my wife. I have another 'Sport I am tussling with at the moment but ultimately I am after a 'Pro. They ride like a dream, super light, and handle very well.
If you are interested in the history of Lambert/Viscount then I can recommend this thread on a UK forum. It is huge and has lots of amazing facts, tips and information on the bikes.
https://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21010
Anyway, I'll shut up an let the pictures talk
Aerospace Pro by Sooper 8, on Flickr
IMG_2775 by Sooper 8, on Flickr
IMG_2609 by Sooper 8, on Flickr
Just joined in order to browse this thread and post a few Viscount pictures up.
I had a Viscount back in 1979 and rode it into the ground by 1983.
My son picked up the Aerospace 'Pro this summer and it re-ignited my desire for the bike of my youth. Since then, I have picked up an all original 'Sport and a nice Sebring for my wife. I have another 'Sport I am tussling with at the moment but ultimately I am after a 'Pro. They ride like a dream, super light, and handle very well.
If you are interested in the history of Lambert/Viscount then I can recommend this thread on a UK forum. It is huge and has lots of amazing facts, tips and information on the bikes.
https://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21010
Anyway, I'll shut up an let the pictures talk
Aerospace Pro by Sooper 8, on Flickr
IMG_2775 by Sooper 8, on Flickr
IMG_2609 by Sooper 8, on Flickr
01-15-13, 04:54 PM
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Two of my old college roommates back in '76-77 had Viscounts. Roomie Jim had a Viscount Pro, and at the time I had a bottom-rung Fuji 'Special Tourer', which was still a small step above the other roommate Tim's department-store Iverson. Both of ours were 40-pound behemoths. Jim's lightweight was a quantum leap above mine, so to keep up with him I soon upgraded to my current Fuji 'Special Road Racer' (aka S-10S), and Tim upgraded to a Viscount GT (Or GP?). Another guy in my dorm also got a Viscount GT(GP) a couple months later, but his had the 'pimple' wheels with the raised sections around each spoke hole.
