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Post by cobalthero on Oct 9, 2014 17:15:14 GMT
Hi all. I'm here because I read an article in the latest V-CC Magazine (News & Views) & read a letter from Rona Wightman.... Good on you Rona. My first proper light-weight circa 2006, was a nice Viscount & so I will always have an affection for them. It's about time there was a dedicated Viscount site/forum/gathering point. Viscounts are much under-rated in my opinion & deserve their own space online. Plenty of room & enthusiasm for a dedicated Viscount Club I'm certain, similar to Moulton perhaps.....  Anyway, here & now I simply upload a couple of pics of my two examples. Both moved on, (as I have) but I'm looking for a suitable 'case for treatment' currently. There is a lot of interest in these bicycles & it's good to see some evidence of that online; ) <img style="max-width:100%;" alt="" src=" !["Viscount]() ">   I have many pics of these two machines & did some research also when I found very little online. Some were made in Italy for example! I have a Simoncini, & the main man there tells me they built for Viscount, as well as other European 'names' during the same period. So they were not all built in UK..... Keep up the good work: ) JF |
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Post by Jem on Oct 9, 2014 21:02:12 GMT
Hi! Very interested to read this post. We have seen some Viscount with on 'Made in Italy' them, but I had not heard who/where they were manufactured. So, they were made built for Viscount by Simoncini..
It has also been noted that some Viscount frames were built in Spain and then later, in Taiwan.
Can I ask, what is that rear derailleur in the top pic of the Aerospace?
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Post by stoatie on Oct 10, 2014 13:25:10 GMT
Looks like it could be a Deore XT (M700) to my eye untrained eye.
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Post by velocipete on Oct 10, 2014 15:02:24 GMT
Yes in the bottom photo.The top photo is perhaps a Crane gs or Tourney gs.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by Jem on Oct 10, 2014 15:44:53 GMT
By the way - one too many http's in the link. Here it is www.v-cc.org.ukBut I can't find 'News and Views' section...can anyone help with that? |
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Post by cobalthero on Oct 10, 2014 16:58:52 GMT
OK you all. Do check the V-CC links because it is good for all. (Fascinating stuff if you not familiar with it) Thanks to sooper8; ) I was trying my best there! If you want News & Views connections just ask: ) You need to go to veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/ and look: ) I'm just checking out the interest on this site. I'm a proper fan & will do all in my power to assist all here. Happy cycling all: ) |
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Post by cobalthero on Oct 10, 2014 17:47:45 GMT
RD on the Cobalt frame is this one: linkOnly this site will not allow me to upload/link to the pic I want.... the particular pic..... I do not waste my time with such stuff. Can't even see the preview...... (Preview does not work!) |
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Post by cobalthero on Oct 10, 2014 17:49:06 GMT
Not even the link works.....
I give up on this one.
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Post by stoatie on Oct 11, 2014 9:57:15 GMT
There you go, I thought it was
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Post by cobalthero on Oct 12, 2014 12:10:01 GMT
Thanks for that Stoatie: ) I don't know exactly what happened with my previous efforts, but it didn't work then for me!! Both my Viscounts had mid range contemporary Shimano components originally, so they were blessed in that respect I say. Got a link here for the info on Simoncini building for other makers at that time. www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=184993&start=80Scroll down the page a little. My user name on there is Viscount! (I didn't even try that user name on here: ) Couple of my Simoncinis in that thread, which seems to go on & on.... Emanuel Ferretti is the Revanche/Simoncini main man. (Very cool & approachable, with better English than mine) Good Viscounts seem to me to be quite cheap nowadays (thanks to the Death Forks Syndrome; ) but it will not last long I believe.... Get one while you can, is my advice. You won't regret it: ) I got lots more pics of my two if there is interest on here. Check this one for a start:  Looks quite innocuous here, with a Viscount, restored Dawes Galaxy & a lovely old Rudge. (With the borrowed Galaxy red pump...) All my bikes... Friends arrive & we go out for a ride: ) We were out in Gloucester City for a jaunt together on a sunny, summers day, & found a place to sit down & have a rest, refreshment, on a low wall on the other side of the road. When you check the road sign you will get the situation..... Maybe.... Check this for illumination if you don't: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_WestIt's either 'interesting', or not! Weird, but interesting I'd say; ) John. PS No preview here either.... So I click 'create post' & see! |
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Post by sprockit on Oct 12, 2014 20:26:19 GMT
Must be a while back 'cos I think the house was demolished years ago!
Sprockit
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Post by velocipete on Oct 12, 2014 21:06:22 GMT
It was. It was number 25.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by cobalthero on Oct 14, 2014 8:24:52 GMT
The house was demolished as you say, and we were sat on the low wall of the Adventist church next to where the house was.
It is now a footpath access to a car park.
John.
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