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Really nice work, CA. Have you ridden it at all - and if so how does it ride? I see those bikes every now and then on CL and always wonder what they ride like. Ive read a bit about them but not how they ride. :)

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Originally Posted by Hudson308 (Post 19930795)

Great rebuild... thanks for the update! Although I see these for sale locally from time to time, I never see anyone rebuilding one. No one wants to deal with the quirky parts or notorious fork.

Thank you! I agree few want to deal with them but the appeal is 'being quirky' and a storyline. Prior years to the Lambert are even more interesting and fall into the unique group of only a few makers who produced both frames and components (like Zeus).

This was a $50 find, could've simply preserved it but wanted to make it something different than other Viscount's. By the year 1976 (as this project), they were pretty well sorted out and reliable.

Never cared for this era Shimano parts, so that was the first to go. I'm also bored with many vinti bikes of the era with Campy Record hence my choice of the excellent Suntour. The sealed cartridge bearings, ally fork and crank are trademark Viscount and definitely will remain on this build. I'm confident it'll be a very robust and reliable bike for many years to come.

Certainly plenty of them are out there, not rare and make them very reasonable.

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Originally Posted by exmechanic89 (Post 19931768)

Not quite finished but anxious for its maiden ride! From the old road test reports, these ally forks were flexy yet they reported it was a nice compromise with this frame.

This build with the 700c funky vintage tubular wheelset will be interesting. The Mixte rim is beautiful quality made but heavy. Then I've got the old Pirelli tubulars mated to them. Those I know for a fact are hard riders - but beastly tough. The good thing is I could pull them and go with just about anything - clinchers, tubulars and likely up to 32c wide.

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Originally Posted by unworthy1 (Post 19931199)

Just a shameless hi-jacking: if anybody is interested I have a highly-reworked Viscount with a Columbus steel fork and BB re-tapped for Italian BB and with a re-made seat cluster, too.
It has a dog's breakfast of mixed components but is slightly too big for me (23") and now just taking up space. The PO owner also treated this to a (looks like) Imron blue re-spray. it actually can take 700x32 tires (like the Paselas) but has skinny old rubber on the Rigida rims (campy GS hubs) at present and the Mavic Starfish crank is now a Shimano 600.
I can send updated pix to anybody who bites and am "motivated to sell". Local P/U in the SF Bayarea would be better
than shipping!

Lets shill - LOL

Looks great and who wouldn't like those mods! Good luck-

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Originally Posted by crank_addict (Post 19931820)

Well definitely update the thread with a ride review too, once you're done. I'm thinking it's gonna ride pretty nice on those tubulars. :)

I thinks its time to finish what I started, thread dragged but its finally done.

Fresh replacement cartridge bearings in the BB and hubs. Laced the wheels with Sapim stainless DB 14/15. Kool Stop salmon inserts in the original holders really bite down on these groovy S-champ Mixte rims. The 40 year old NOS tubulars are a hoot. Garden hose Pirelli Gran Premio are better than expected.

Random pics-
cheers

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