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Post by andywilcox on Apr 17, 2017 15:19:40 GMT
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Apr 17, 2017 16:55:43 GMT
Hi Andy - thanks for joining and posting and pointing out your interest as auctioneer in the sale.
The bike has all the hallmarks of being a Viscount with some more modern additions. The frame itself is fillet brazed at the rear and lugged at the front. These being quite a classic mid era Viscount as they ride really well. If I had a gun at my head I would say between '75-'77....
The serial number really doesn't offer much help as even employees of the company cannot really shed much light on what they mean. We do have a partial data-base of frame numbers somewhere on the site, but if you can crack any pattern, then you're doing well.
We have a couple of experts here who will no doubt be able to tell you to within a few years when this was produced and also at which factory.
As for the components - the brake levers, saddle are not original - I can't see the rear derailleur, so can't say) but the chainset looks like Shimano 600, which may or may not be original, but quite nice and of a similar period or just a bit later I think?
You might have a look for date codes on all of the Shimano components as another way of dating the bike, but someone might be along here to help soon without the need for that.
As for an estimate , I'd say that judging by going rates then it will only be in the region of £35-£65 tops. (depending on condition upon closer inspection) Also, not sure if the decals are complete or correct.
Our fanatic interest in them doesn't really translate into £'s unfortunately.
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Post by andywilcox on Apr 18, 2017 9:18:31 GMT
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Jem
Viscount
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Post by Jem on Apr 18, 2017 9:55:21 GMT
The pictures help a lot. The chainset isn't the 600 but Sugino Maxy. The front derailleur and brake calipers are probably later additions too.
Thanks for posting Andrew.
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Post by cusqueno on Apr 18, 2017 11:11:43 GMT
My first Viscount - a lugged Aerospace 400 from 1981 - also came from Jim Guard Cycle Specialists of Southampton. I was at University in Southampton, at that time working for a PhD, and Jim Guard's was down the hill from where I lived in Bitterne.
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Post by andywilcox on Apr 18, 2017 19:10:08 GMT
I started frequenting Bitterne (more Bitterne Park) in the late 70s. But I was visiting my future wife rather than the bike shops. I have been in to Portswood Cycles a couple of times.
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Post by cusqueno on Apr 19, 2017 14:53:33 GMT
I started frequenting Bitterne (more Bitterne Park) in the late 70s. But I was visiting my future wife rather than the bike shops. I have been in to Portswood Cycles a couple of times. I lived on Pound Street, at the top of the hill, near what is now apparently called Bitterne Village. I used to cycle down Bitterne Road and turn right at Cobbett Road (I think) before turning left down Cobden Avenue, through Bitterne Park Triangle and over Cobden Bridge. Then uphill through Portswood and up to Highfield and the University. There used to be an old style bike shop on Bitterne Park Triangle if I remember correctly, but I can't recall Portswood Cycles. Jim Guard's was on or near Bitterne Road, near the railway station. |
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