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Post by vtchuck on Aug 22, 2014 22:15:54 GMT
Greetings from across the pond:
Today I purchased a Viscount Aerospace Pro 24" bike. I have some history with
Lambert / Viscount as I owned a Lambert back in the early 70's. Most of the issues
with my new Viscount are minor, but I'm missing both pedal dust covers. My check of
ebay US & Ebay UK didn't show any available.... my question is whether I have any hope
of finding dust covers, or if I should just find some period appropriate quill pedals?
TIA
Tom K USA
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Post by velocipete on Aug 23, 2014 6:21:53 GMT
Hi Tom,welcome aboard. Personally I'd go for a period correct set of quill pedals.
SR or such like. I'd also set up a continuous search on ebay for originals. At least
you could use the bike while this goes on.
I wish you luck with your new bike,pics please,and enjoy it.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by Jem on Aug 23, 2014 8:06:19 GMT
Hi Tom, and welcome to the forum. In the last few years, I have never once seen either the 'V' covers or even the pedals alone for sale on eBay in the UK (US may be different?). So, that pretty much leaves the options Pete mentions above. For example www.totalcycling.com/en/MKS-Sylvan-Road-Pedals/m-18302.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=UnitedKingdomAnd lastly, as ridiculous as it sounds, you may find a complete bike in bad shape with the pedals you want, for about the same money as a period correct set of pedals. It's worth putting an 'alert' on Viscount on eBay, trawl Craigslist etc and see if you can see one? Oh, unless someone here has some...? |
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Post by bendo on Aug 23, 2014 10:52:38 GMT
Hi Tom
Welcome to the forum and 'back to the fold' as it were. I hope you and your Sport have many happy miles ahead.
IMHO you'd be better off with the MKS Sylvan quill pedals sooper8 linked to. They are better made (no sloppy side-to-side play like the originals) and better finished (casting lines properly polished out, unlike the originals). And amazingly inexpensive. Thank all those lycra monkeys and their love of egg-beaters and speed-players who would never been seen dead using a pedal that can handle normal shoes...
Viscount pedals come up from time to time, more so in the northern hemisphere than the southern. Set up alerts like the gents said above. Even so, I've been able to hoard about four or so dust caps. Not prepared to part with any though. Sorry. They really do fall off at the drop of a hat. Lost one meself on the roads around Melbourne not long ago.
All my Viscounts have MKS pedals. The Viscount pedals are sitting in a box waiting for a DFR...
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Post by cusqueno on Aug 23, 2014 13:46:17 GMT
Yes, the original Lambert and Viscount pedals were very prone to losing their caps, which are just a friction fit. For serious use they need to be well glued in. I have two Lamberts and a Viscount with original pedals and caps and have (touch wood) only lost one over several years. Like Bendo, I have a small collection of spares that I will not now part with (I sold a pair on eBay a couple of years ago, which I now realise was a Mistake).
I disagree with Bendo about the `sloppiness`, which is caused by the use of needle bearings, not balls, and can never be totally free of side-to-side movement (Viscount dealers were given instructions to remove as much slop as possible with shims). The pedals themselves come up quite frequently on eBay and I also use them without caps. Not very elegant, but I like the pedals.
Later Viscounts used a lot of `Olimpic [sic] 64` pedals. These are also apt to lose their caps, even though they are screw-in. There are modern replacement caps that fit.
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Post by Stella on Aug 23, 2014 15:08:05 GMT
And another welcome from me. Glad this forum is growing. As others mentioned beforehand, it's worth setting up an alert on eBay and also to go for period quill pedals.
Have fun riding your bike, but you know already how great they are, don't you? :-)
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Post by Stella on Aug 23, 2014 15:09:28 GMT
Yes, the original Lambert and Viscount pedals were very prone to losing their caps, which are just a friction fit. For serious use they need to be well glued in. I have two Lamberts and a Viscount with original pedals and caps and have (touch wood) only lost one over several years. Like Bendo, I have a small collection of spares that I will not now part with (I sold a pair on eBay a couple of years ago, which I now realise was a Mistake). I disagree with Bendo about the `sloppiness`, which is caused by the use of needle bearings, not balls, and can never be totally free of side-to-side movement (Viscount dealers were given instructions to remove as much slop as possible with shims). The pedals themselves come up quite frequently on eBay and I also use them without caps. Not very elegant, but I like the pedals. Later Viscounts used a lot of `Olimpic [sic] 64` pedals. These are also apt to lose their caps, even though they are screw-in. There are modern replacement caps that fit. Show off! |
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Post by vtchuck on Sept 10, 2014 21:23:53 GMT
I have found a pair of both Lambert and Viscount covers. I likely will hold onto the Lamberts as spares and use the Viscounts.
Any suggestions as to what kind of glue to use? I'm thinking maybe the gel super-glue.
Thanks
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Post by cusqueno on Sept 10, 2014 22:10:58 GMT
I would swap a Viscount cap (of which I have five or six) for a Lambert one. I lost one from my white & orange Lambert when a car ran me into the kerb last week.
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Post by bendo on Sept 14, 2014 10:21:35 GMT
I have found a pair of both Lambert and Viscount covers. I likely will hold onto the Lamberts as spares and use the Viscounts. Any suggestions as to what kind of glue to use? I'm thinking maybe the gel super-glue. Thanks A flexible glue sounds like the right idea. You could try a mild Loctite, although they usually require heat to undo down the track, and not sure what the heat threshold of those dust caps is. Are they aluminium or just plastic? b |
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Post by Stella on Sept 14, 2014 19:01:09 GMT
I would swap a Viscount cap (of which I have five or six) for a Lambert one. I lost one from my white & orange Lambert when a car ran me into the kerb last week. Blimey, you all right? And then losing a pedal cover over this! Outrageous what we have to put up with! |
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