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Post by wheelson on Feb 7, 2020 19:41:10 GMT
Hello All,
I'm looking for at minimum the right side pedal axle for an old needle bearing Lambert/Viscount pedal. I acquired a right shell with needle bearings visible in a lot of parts with my chrome Viscount frameset and I have a left pedal on the way. Both, of course, were missing the pedal caps.
If anyone has an orphan right pedal, I'd happily take that instead. Buy or trade (have lots of Lambert and Viscount stuff - hubs, shifters, quick release skewers. I'm in the USA, but I've shipped overseas so most anything is doable.
Best, John "wheelson" Wilson Greensburg, PA USA |
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Post by triitout on Feb 9, 2020 19:34:49 GMT
I looked through my Viscount spare parts box that I picked up a few years ago from an old shop in Michigan. I've got 3 left pedals and no right pedals. Bummer. I once had a right pedal self destruct on me, so maybe we've found another "death" part  . Good luck! |
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Post by wheelson on Feb 10, 2020 0:18:14 GMT
Thanks for looking. I'm trying to make up a set for my Supa lookalike. From all the photos they appear to be regular Viscount pedals but painted (?) black. There's a rather beat up pair with no end caps on US eBay for $90 but I'm not THAT desperate! Yet. Short of having some sort of axle modified or made up, hopefully a right pedal will turn up.
Best,
John "wheelson"
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Post by wheelson on Feb 11, 2020 3:57:35 GMT
Hello all,
Happy to say that I found an end to the pedal search. Thanks to all of you who looked or made suggestions.
Best,
John "wheelson"
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Post by wheelson on Feb 28, 2020 15:30:42 GMT
Well, I now have two sets of Lambert/Viscount pedals and an incomplete set for parts. One set even has the elusive pedal caps! (thanks Dale Brown from the CR list!). Only problem, the caps (as well as a set of brakes and other items) are all Lambert badged and I need Viscount from two projects I'm working on. May sound trivial, but I'm trying to restore the chrome Viscount frameset to near Supabike photos and the other project is a classic black and silver Viscount.
So my options appear to be:
a) Buy needed Viscount stuff
b) Trade Lambert stuff for Viscount
c) Find Viscount buttons to replace the existing Lamberts (see my other post under "emblems").
d) Convert my "unknown" blue Viscount, thought to be an early non-lugged modified and repainted Lambert frame to Lambert decals and swap the Viscount parts for Lambert, freeing up most of the needed Viscount stuff. Still need proper Viscount pedal caps, though.
Yes, I'm a bit OCD about this, but I'm a retired engineer so that may explain it. Any thoughts, suggestions, jeers, . . . ?
Best,
John "wheelson" Wilson
USA
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Post by Jem on Feb 29, 2020 7:48:18 GMT
John - Just on point 'c' , there was someone on the forum who custom made some insert 'V' pedal caps. I wish I could remember who, but it escapes me. I know some folks used them with good results. I think they may even have had some made for the seat stem tightening bolts too ?
Someone will no doubt come along and tell us who that was that made them. I think they may have been in the US because they sent some over to Rob here in UK? But I could be wrong. Either way, they did offer them out to forum members.
And then the other thought I had, that I am sure you know anyway, is that it is often more cost effective to buy a whole bike to get one item off it at times, than it is to buy the single item alone. I have bought bikes on eBay just for a front rack or saddle and rear mirror at less than the price someone might sell those individual items. It sometimes requires scouring sketchy listings and zooming in on the photos , but it works for me.
And on point 'd' , have you seen the spec sheet for the Supabike? If you follow a link from the bottom of Cusquenos posts , I think it takes you to his Viscount Flickr photo album with the scan of the Supabike sheet. I used to have it set as my desk top on my laptop because I was on the hunt for some parts. Although that project got mothballed somewhat because the prices just seemed so high on that black finish dura-ace parts. But I do hope to finish that one someday when time allows.
No jeers at all John, I know the desire to restore things to an original state is strong. I found that my limited budget and my work get in the way of it and I have several bikes that are just not how I would like them to be in an ideal world. However , I have come to live by Bruce Springsteens advice in song that "you gotta learn to live with what you can't rise above".
Regards
Jem
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Post by wheelson on Feb 29, 2020 13:55:16 GMT
Hello Jem - Yes, I remember seeing some of those inserts here on the forum. As noted in my other post, I'm looking at several different sources but without much success here.
Cost effective and bike restoration can be pretty difficult to co-exist. I tend to be very cheap when buying bike stuff. I started working in a bike shop in 1966 in North Carolina, USA, spending 8 years wrapped around 4 years of military service. Now, at 71 years old, I've been into bikes all these years, collecting, hoarding, . . . So I have a lot of bike stuff. I rarely spend a lot on anything, and I have been trying especially in the last few years to make this sport/hobby/sickness self-supporting.
Complete bike purchases tend to get a bit sticky these days as my wife somehow thinks she should have at least a bit of storage space in the basement, garage, and back porch. Why, I don't know since she only has one bike and half of a tandem. I do watch eBay, the thrift stores, the curbside garbage pickup, and the bike shop that I contract with as a mechanic in my retirement from the engineering world. I have had a lot of success in all the above.
As far as restoring to the original state, I have a few but most of my bikes are mongrels. Of the 3 Viscounts I have, No.1 is the blue modified unknown that is built up and rideable as a touring bike. No.2 is the silver/black that will mostly look like a Viscount but with some hidden mods. No.3 is the chrome frameset that I just acquired. It came with the black Viscount headset and hubs. I already had most of the black Dura Ace stuff, so it's well on the way. My other mostly original bike builds are a '74 Schwinn Paramount P-15 and an '84 Schwinn Voyageur SP. I DO have too many duplications and plan to do some massive downsizing in the next 3 years or so. Or . . .
Best,
John "wheelson"
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. Good luck!