Friday, 27 April 2012

1976 Viscount Cycles Complete Dealer Manual

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Like many of you I am sure, I follow eBay and Craigslist keenly, hoping to find that elusive part or a good Viscount or Lambert bike at a ba...
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Sunday, 30 October 2011

Broken bottom bracket spindle!

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Last week I suffered a broken bottom bracket spindle on my Viscount Pro bike, which dates from about 1978.  Like some other Lambert and Visc...
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Sunday, 22 May 2011

Sealed bearing hubs

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This article has been on my mind for some weeks, when I took the photographs that are below.  It is about the history and servicing of Visco...
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Sunday, 3 April 2011

Lambert and Viscount links

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I am adding some links to web sites about Lambert and Viscount bikes that I have found useful and interesting.  The list of links is on the ...
Thursday, 24 March 2011

About those Lambert / Viscount Death Forks

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The amount I have written on this blog so far without mentioning ‘death fork’ and Viscount or Lambert in the same sentence is probably a re...
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Friday, 11 March 2011

Design Magazine May 1976 - details of Viscount bike

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A friend (thanks Steve) has pointed out to me an interesting article on Picasa, reproducing part of the May 1976 Design Magazine .  This has...
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Friday, 4 February 2011

Replacing Viscount bottom bracket bearings

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Over last weekend I dismantled the bottom bracket on my 1978 Viscount Aerospace bike and replaced the bearings.  This turned out to be quite...
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Sunday, 30 January 2011

Bottom brackets

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On Friday morning I noticed that the bottom bracket spindle on my 1978 Viscount Aerospace Pro seemed to be running loose in its bearings.  T...
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Monday, 24 January 2011

History Part 2

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In the mid seventies, probably in 1975, perhaps in 1974, definitely by 1976, the production of Lambert bicycles was taken over by an old est...
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Saturday, 22 January 2011

History Part 1

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Although there are several sources on the Internet, the hisory of Lambert and Viscount bikes is anything but clear. A friend of mine is pie...
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Thursday, 20 January 2011

Early recollections

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I fell in love with Viscount bikes when I was at college in the late 1970s. A friend had a red Viscount Aerospace Sport with fillet brazed ...
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