Post by cusqueno on Aug 15, 2022 9:22:01 GMT
On eBay UK, collection from Nottingham. Description from the listing:
Viscount Grand Touring Mixte frame Vintage Bicycle. 12 gears, 57cm frame, 27 x 1 1/4 inch wheels. In good condition and full working order, but note that the alloy seatpost is seized in the frame. Therefore as it is this bike is suitable for someone around 5ft 9ins - 6ft tall (approx). Please see all photos.
Shimano Altus LT front and rear derailleurs, Altus gear levers
Suntour dropouts
3ttt Touriste stem
Shimano (blue dot) Del50 brake levers
Shimano Tourney brake calipers
Selle Royal hard plastic saddle
Freeway alloy pannier rack
Competition Champion alloy wheels
Silstar crankset
So, a mixture (mixte?) of good and bad. It's probably fairly hefty - not Aerospace, but a reasonable level of equipment and the Wolber rims are good quality. However, that saddle looks like an instrument of torture and would have to go. Suit someone of the right size (but the stem needs slamming right down! as it is it isn't safe), or sufficiently determined to unstick the seat pin.
I like that the rear brake is on the - what do you call it? the upper down tube? - rather than on the seat stays. That removes the tight turn the brake cable otherwise has to take. My Viscount Mixte (Corsair Wayfarer) has the latter arrangement, which causes extra friction in the brake cable. I have wondered about moving the brake, but there's no bridge on the upper down tube.
Viscount Grand Touring Mixte frame Vintage Bicycle. 12 gears, 57cm frame, 27 x 1 1/4 inch wheels. In good condition and full working order, but note that the alloy seatpost is seized in the frame. Therefore as it is this bike is suitable for someone around 5ft 9ins - 6ft tall (approx). Please see all photos.
Shimano Altus LT front and rear derailleurs, Altus gear levers
Suntour dropouts
3ttt Touriste stem
Shimano (blue dot) Del50 brake levers
Shimano Tourney brake calipers
Selle Royal hard plastic saddle
Freeway alloy pannier rack
Competition Champion alloy wheels
Silstar crankset
So, a mixture (mixte?) of good and bad. It's probably fairly hefty - not Aerospace, but a reasonable level of equipment and the Wolber rims are good quality. However, that saddle looks like an instrument of torture and would have to go. Suit someone of the right size (but the stem needs slamming right down! as it is it isn't safe), or sufficiently determined to unstick the seat pin.
I like that the rear brake is on the - what do you call it? the upper down tube? - rather than on the seat stays. That removes the tight turn the brake cable otherwise has to take. My Viscount Mixte (Corsair Wayfarer) has the latter arrangement, which causes extra friction in the brake cable. I have wondered about moving the brake, but there's no bridge on the upper down tube.
