'73 Lambert Grand Prix
08-04-09 | 06:45 PM
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'73 Lambert Grand Prix
Someone offered me a '73 Lambert is extremely good condition, with a Death Fork, for $100. I said yes but the question is whether it's worth while converting to a fixie with the Death Fork or should I put on an older CroMo Fork from a Peugeot UO-8 that I have laying around?
08-04-09 | 07:03 PM
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Buh'wah?!
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Someone offered me a '73 Lambert is extremely good condition, with a Death Fork, for $100. I said yes but the question is whether it's worth while converting to a fixie with the Death Fork or should I put on an older CroMo Fork from a Peugeot UO-8 that I have laying around?
-Gene-
08-05-09 | 12:21 AM
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Ditto! The Lamberts were really lightweight, considering that they were alloy steel. Well, barely alloy steel. I don't think they were CrM 4130, but they were not "plumbing pipe" by any means.
Great start for a fixie - minus the alum fork.
Great start for a fixie - minus the alum fork.
08-05-09 | 05:11 PM
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That is the game plan, get a cheap, crome cromo fork.
Last edited by Cycle Snack; 08-05-09 at 05:17 PM.
08-05-09 | 08:12 PM
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"Lambert 1027 Alloy steel tubing".
"Made to American aircraft specifications number MIL-T-6736A"
"British aircraft specification number 3T50".
I don't know what those numbers mean, but they sound impressive.
edit: This site marries MIL-T-3736A to steel grade 4130N.
https://www.industrialmetals.com/gen_...verstock_specs
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08-05-09 | 08:55 PM
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I'd love to try one of those one day. I lusted after them, back in the day, and I now realize they weren't super-amazing or anything, but I still want to try one, just for a test ride.
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08-06-09 | 05:01 AM
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Death fork? Naaaah!!
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08-06-09 | 12:37 PM
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The lugless Lambert/Viscounts were built with straight-gauge 4130 Chrome-Moly tubing. They're nice frames, but please do replace the fork.
08-06-09 | 12:49 PM
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The first being that you were buying a 20 pound bike for less than the cost of a good frame. My Aerospace
Pro weighed in at just over 19 pounds after replacing the seat, stock derailleurs with Suntour Cyclone, and decent tubular wheels. That was amazing at the time. Whippy frame? sure but it was light.
The other thing was that Lambert branded all the components on the bike, even if they didn't
manufacture them, quite a concept back then. I really think that this gets overlooked when people
discuss Lambert/Viscounts and get 'hooked' by the death fork and weird taper BB.
Marty
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08-06-09 | 06:53 PM
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lotek, I do realize all of that. Overall quality was commensurate with price, i.e. it wasn't a ripoff whatsoever. It was a bit of a breakthrough in its time, which is precisely why I want to try one. I'm in the NYC metro area, so if anyone around here has one and is willing to let me try it, please let me know. I have some fun stuff to try here, too.
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