Post by Jem on Apr 17, 2024 18:37:18 GMT
Here's a model that many of us have seen before and speculated over regarding the frame
The seller mentions that they are 'team prototypes' and I had a couple of messages with him , and he gave me the following info which he got from the LBS when purchasing , and it is very interesting.
From the seller
"They have Viscount embossed into the rear stays.
The red bike frame, 63cm, was purchased in 1983/4 from Chris Grange Cycles Bishops Stortford. The story was that it was a works racing frame that was a test bike, no proper serial number(13) with a steep geometry.
Some specials with Viscount in the stay were built as specials in Italy, either as a prototype or for the race team, this seemed to confirm the information I was given when I brought it 40 years ago.
If the red one is a prototype it is likely for the 600EX model. "
here is the bike for sale on eBay UK
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135001024804?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11051.m43.l1123&mkcid=26&ch=osgood&euid=9a29bff72fd347099bf512b884605461&bu=43161555342&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20240417070733&segname=11051
The seller mentions that they are 'team prototypes' and I had a couple of messages with him , and he gave me the following info which he got from the LBS when purchasing , and it is very interesting.
From the seller
"They have Viscount embossed into the rear stays.
The red bike frame, 63cm, was purchased in 1983/4 from Chris Grange Cycles Bishops Stortford. The story was that it was a works racing frame that was a test bike, no proper serial number(13) with a steep geometry.
Some specials with Viscount in the stay were built as specials in Italy, either as a prototype or for the race team, this seemed to confirm the information I was given when I brought it 40 years ago.
If the red one is a prototype it is likely for the 600EX model. "
here is the bike for sale on eBay UK
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135001024804?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11051.m43.l1123&mkcid=26&ch=osgood&euid=9a29bff72fd347099bf512b884605461&bu=43161555342&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20240417070733&segname=11051
