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Post by raymondo on Nov 4, 2013 22:35:27 GMT
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Post by triitout on Nov 5, 2013 2:52:18 GMT
I see a race # on the white one. Have you used it in competition? If so, how was it going Viscount retro?
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Nov 5, 2013 17:48:54 GMT
Raymondo - very interesting pair of Viscount!
I occasionally see that Tony Doyle for sale and often wonder how they ride...
I've never ridden a Sprint either - how is that and how do they compare to each other?
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Post by raymondo on Nov 5, 2013 23:20:18 GMT
Hi,
I used the Tony Doyle on the London to Cambridge this year. It was fine, as I think its hardly been ridden since it was made, but its not been looked after. It had the original bar tape and Michelin 1 1/8 race tyres on it , which i have changed for 1-1/4 amberwalls. Still got the tyres but you cant get them now, 1 -1/8 are hard to get. The gearing is for flat and its very fast. The gears change great , like a bolt action rifle.
The diffrence between the bikes is the sprint has a steel rear and alloy front. The seat post is aluminium where the Doyle is steel chrome. The gearing on the sprint has a taller first so it feels faster, yes it feels faster. Its probably because its the right frame size for me, being 5' 8 . I have the seatpost high in the Doyle with the seat back, but its OK.
Let my mate have ago on the Doyle and he was amazed how light and fast a bike could be being over thirty years old. I wonder how other people think of Viscount bikes compared to others of that era, have they compared them?
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bendo
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Post by bendo on Nov 6, 2013 8:33:35 GMT
Hey Raymondo Panaracer makes some great gumwall tyres in 27". Check out these folding 27 x 1! A bit pricier than your average Thai-made 27 x 1 1/4 tyres, but then they're a bit better too. b |
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