[CR]Re: Now Lambert and Ron Kitchings

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Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 13:59:36 -0400
From: <oroboyz@aol.com>
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Subject: [CR]Re: Now Lambert and Ron Kitchings

<< I guess the TA? arms on Lamberts are part of the connection because Ron Kit was the UK TA distributor. >>

THAT makes sense too. With Ron being the TA importer and agent for that arrangement with Lambert & Co..

<< I noticed I made the Cirque banquet cutoff by the skin of my teeth (#119). >>

Yes!!! There may be maybe one or two last minutes bail outs... But CLOSE!!!

18 days to go!

Dale Brown Greensboro, NC USA http://www.classicrendezvous.com

-----Original Message----- From: joebz@optonline.net To: oroboyz@aol.com Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sun, 21 May 2006 17:51:50 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Now Lambert and Ron Kitchings

As I remember it (hah) the first Lamberts were sort of prototypes and had some sort of Ron Kitchings connection. I suppose the threaded BB is the telling difference. Some of the earliest ones are also branded Reg Harris. Apparently there were similar Ron Kitchings frames, probably built with 531. I guess the TA? arms on Lamberts are part of the connection because Ron Kit was the UK TA distributor.

I noticed I made the Cirque banquet cutoff by the skin of my teeth (#119). Looking forward to seeing all again.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: oroboyz@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 01:35:00 -0000
Subject: Was: mystery bike, now early Lambert...
To: joebz@optonline.net, bhufford3@mchsi.com
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


> << It may a Ron Kitchings or early Ron Kit built Lambert. I

\r?\n> think the

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\r?\n> pouts, top eyes, lugs and braze-ons are right. The early bikes wit

\r?\n> h a threaded BB are uncommon. The fork replacement is a hint pointing

\r?\n> toward Lambert. Looks like it was built up with whatever parts

\r?\n> were ar

\r?\n> ound including some gems from our persepective today.Joe Bender-Zanoni

\r?\n> Great Notch, NJ>>

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\r?\n> Very good, Joe! That all makes sense to me.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> That is the first time I heard of Ron Kitching building the

\r?\n> first

\r?\n> Lamberts. I always understood it was a London area maker, a

\r?\n> Viking

\r?\n> plant? Hadn't heard they came from up north... Maybe one of our

\r?\n> UK guys

\r?\n> has more info?

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Dale Brown

\r?\n> Greensboro, NC USA

\r?\n>

\r?\n>

\r?\n> -----Original Message-----

\r?\n> From: joebz@optonline.net

\r?\n> To: bhufford3@mchsi.com

\r?\n> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Sent: Sun, 21 May 2006 17:02:03 +0000 (GMT)

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]Mystery Bike Pedals (well, to me anyway)

\r?\n>

\r?\n> It may a Ron Kitchings or early Ron Kit built Lambert. I think

\r?\n> the dro

\r?\n> pouts, top eyes, lugs and braze-ons are right. The early bikes wit

\r?\n> h a threaded BB are uncommon. The fork replacement is a hint pointing

\r?\n> toward Lambert. Looks like it was built up with whatever parts

\r?\n> were ar

\r?\n> ound including some gems from our persepective today.Joe Bender-Zanoni

\r?\n> Great Notch, NJ----- Original Message -----From: bhufford3@mchsi.

\r?\n> comDate: Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:31 pmSubject: Re: [CR]M

\r?\n> ystery Bike Pedals (well, to me anyway)To: Classicrendezvous@bikel

\r?\n> ist.org> > I picked up a mystery bike at a local swap this weekend

\r?\n> and > I'm trying to> > identify parts. (I'll try to get pi

\r?\n> cs of the re-paint frame, > etc. > > tomorrow with better ligh

\r?\n> t)> > Here are pics of the rest of the bike. Not much to look at,

\r?\n> but > maybe you can > help in figuring out what the frame might be.

\r?\n> > > http://home.mchsi.com/~shufford/bike.html> > The b

\r?\n> ike comes in at about 23.5 pounds on the bathroom beam > scale

\r?\n> (I co

\r?\n> uldn't > locate my hanging scale), minus the saddle. The seattu

\r?\n> be ID > seems to be about > 26.6 mm with the best of my measuring

\r?\n> (the 26.0 post was shimmed > at the top > with a 1" long shim)).

\r?\n> The top tube OD is 26.0 mm. The down > tube is 29.1 mm > (?

\r?\n> ?). The seat tube is 28.6 at the base but 29.1 at the top > (

\r?\n> flared by an > over agressive seatpost insertion at some point?).

\r?\n> I thought if > the frame was > French that it would have a 26.0 t

\r?\n> op tube and 28.0 mm seat and > down tubes > typically. I didn'

\r?\n> t get a photo of if, but there is a pentagon > shaped shifter > cl

\r?\n> amp stop on the bottom of the down tube.> > No markings that I can

\r?\n> find. The frame appears to have been > powder coated, > but I'

\r?\n> m really not sure how to tell.> > Thanks for any other help you ca

\r?\n> n offer.> > Bob Hufford> Springfield, MO> ______

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