Before you had a Viscount, Lambert had to go bust. This bike sounds very early. Does it have the aluminium fork? Does it have a big honking metal plug up the middle? Then I guess 1974.
One of the more amusing jobs must have been that of the Viscount salesman. Walking into the ex-Lambert dealer and trying to get them to have another go was a tough gig. But no tougher than the CCM guys who visited us once (gappiest lugs of all time) or the guys trying to sell Browning bikes.
Joe Bender-Zanoni Great Notch, NJ
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> Okay Viscount folks,
>
> Yes I am the one on Viscount Avenue in Ottawa who got Mark's Viscount
recently as a winter project.
>
> It came with a Viscount chainset, hubs, stem, brake levers marked Lambert,
GB 77 calipers, Shimano 500 RD, Shimano 50 FD, Shimano FW, Nisi(?) rims,
Tange headset ...
>
> It is white with faux lugs painted on in red - similar to the one on
Dale's Lambert/Viscount page.
>
> Is this mix of parts of the right vintage for what seems to be an early to
mid-70s Viscount? What is the date of the derailleurs? Could they be
original? It is missing gear levers - these seem to have been bar-ends and
the cable-guide on the downtube is Huret!
>
> Paul Williams (back into the bike thing after a break)
> Ottawa, ON, Canada