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Post by jdl51 on Oct 28, 2015 5:28:53 GMT
Does anyone know the correct RD for a Lambert Trophy? It's a blue frame, with white on the head tube. It has the Lambert FD and the Shimano RD that's in the attachment. TIA Jim  |
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Post by Jem on Oct 28, 2015 10:45:54 GMT
According to Velobase, the Shimano Crane was released in '73, and although I am not sure what the Lambert left the factory with, I have seen a number of those and the early Viscount Aerospace with Crane RD's. |
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Post by cusqueno on Oct 28, 2015 11:09:29 GMT
Early Lamberts were fitted with a unique RD made for or by Lambert. Here is a picture of one on my gold Lambert Professional De Luxe, before the bike was fully built up.  Genuine mythical Lambert RD by Cusqueno, on Flickr And here's another on another bike, picture collected from somewhere:  Lambert rear derailleur by Cusqueno, on Flickr However, for reasons lost in Lambert folklore, these derailleurs soon stopped being used. Either they were too flimsy and quickly failed or they infringed the SunTour patent on slanted parallelogram mechs. Take your pick. Mine runs OK and does actually shift well, although the bike only emerges from its shed in the summer. After that, quite a lot of Lamberts seem to have been supplied with red plastic (sorry, Delrin) Simplex RDs, particularly in the US (?), although I have another Lambert which had a SunTour Honor fitted - I don't know if that was original. It seems quite a good choice - a good shifter although made throughout of especially heavy steel. I have now fitted a SunTour V Luxe, which is right for period, much lighter and an excellent mech. |
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Post by kickstandman on Oct 29, 2015 0:57:36 GMT
That mythical Lambert RD is amazing, wow.
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