I was at my uncle's house the other day, and in his basement, he has this old bike that says it is from "lambert of England". it was in pretty good shape, but the tires looked old, the cables were stiff, and the chain was covered in goop. The headset and hubs also probably need to be repacked and the seat post greased. He asked me if I wanted to fix it up, and being the curious lad that I am, I said sure.

It looked pretty nice, and was fairly light, probably 20-21 pounds. On the downtube, it said it was a "grand prix" model. My uncle said it was a 1974 model that he bought for $200. I did some research, and the only sites I found information on it were at sheldon brown's and classic rendezvous.

Anyway, I was wondering what sort of troubles I might run into if I tried to fix it up. it has an old simplex rear derailleur, and a double crank. I had heard that the lambert company made a lot of their own components, were these more or less just copies of suntour simplex, huret, and other manufacturers?

heres a pic I found on classic rendezvous. it looks a lot like this, but it is not a viscount, i think that this might be the year after. the crank looks similar, though.