It only took me 39 years, but I finally got a Lambert (sort of)
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ashland, VA
Posts: 4,420
Bikes: The keepers: 1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix, 1968 Ranger, 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Tourist, 3 - 1986 Rossins, and a '77 PX-10 frame in process.
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 221 Post(s)
Liked 237 Times
in
129 Posts
It only took me 39 years, but I finally got a Lambert (sort of)
Syke's Cyclery has been a madhouse over the past 60 days. I've pulled in eight bikes in that time, getting stock together for Westminster (so far I'm talking three bicycles and four framesets - nothing particularly collectible). And this guy shows up with a truckload of bikes, including one that his brother-in-law raced thirty years ago, still complete:
The original game plan was to pull the sew-up wheels for one of my other bikes, clean up the rest, and lace together a set of 700C clinchers for resale. The bike cleaned up easily enough (dirty, but stored reasonably well). And just for the heck of it, I put the original wheels back on and rode it last weekend with Poguemahone.
The only place this bike is going is in the garage with the rest of the collection. I like the way it rides way too much to sell it off. And it's another bit of my college days finally in the collection.
The only thing Lambert about it (at present) is the frame. Fork is Tange. Bottom bracket and crank are Sugino Maxi. Derailleurs are SunTour Luxe-V/Sprit, and the brakes are DiaCompe. Wheels are Mavic rims on Pelessier hubs, and the rear is another one of those damned 14-19 corncobs.
The long term game plan is to start picking up Lambert parts and begin putting the bike back to original spec, or at least close to it. In the interim, I'm just going to ride its ass off!
The scorecard for 2012 - the year in which I wasn't going to be adding anything more to the collection. By 20 January, I've already added two (this one and a Nishiki Cascade that'll be shortly appearing in the vintage mountain bike thread). Plus that long term nutsball GT. And the Kolbe has been hanging in the garden shed since last July, waiting it's turn. And there's that St. Etienne frame . . . . . . . . . .
The original game plan was to pull the sew-up wheels for one of my other bikes, clean up the rest, and lace together a set of 700C clinchers for resale. The bike cleaned up easily enough (dirty, but stored reasonably well). And just for the heck of it, I put the original wheels back on and rode it last weekend with Poguemahone.
The only place this bike is going is in the garage with the rest of the collection. I like the way it rides way too much to sell it off. And it's another bit of my college days finally in the collection.
The only thing Lambert about it (at present) is the frame. Fork is Tange. Bottom bracket and crank are Sugino Maxi. Derailleurs are SunTour Luxe-V/Sprit, and the brakes are DiaCompe. Wheels are Mavic rims on Pelessier hubs, and the rear is another one of those damned 14-19 corncobs.
The long term game plan is to start picking up Lambert parts and begin putting the bike back to original spec, or at least close to it. In the interim, I'm just going to ride its ass off!
The scorecard for 2012 - the year in which I wasn't going to be adding anything more to the collection. By 20 January, I've already added two (this one and a Nishiki Cascade that'll be shortly appearing in the vintage mountain bike thread). Plus that long term nutsball GT. And the Kolbe has been hanging in the garden shed since last July, waiting it's turn. And there's that St. Etienne frame . . . . . . . . . .
__________________
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Minnesota- the frozen tundra
Posts: 1,946
Bikes: 1977 Raleigh Super Grand Prix, 1976 Gitane Tour de France
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Very pretty bike, I'd love to find one.
I picked up an all original Viscount last fall though and it'll be my sons this spring.
I picked up an all original Viscount last fall though and it'll be my sons this spring.
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Queens NYC
Posts: 3,175
Bikes: Colnago Super, Basso Gap, Pogliaghi, Fabio Barecci, Torelli Pista, Miyata 1400A
Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 316 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 13 Times
in
13 Posts
Really pretty and it fits you to! What more could you ask for?
I'm certainly no expert in frame geometry, and I could be very wrong here, but to me the frame on your bike looks abit relaxed for racing. Looks like it would be more comfortable on a long ride than in a race....
I'm certainly no expert in frame geometry, and I could be very wrong here, but to me the frame on your bike looks abit relaxed for racing. Looks like it would be more comfortable on a long ride than in a race....
__________________
It never gets easier, you just go faster. ~ Greg LeMond
#4
Keeper of the SLDB
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Springfield, MO
Posts: 1,577
Bikes: '75 Schwinn Paramount P-10, '86 Ritchey Commando, '87 Schwinn Cimarron, '91 Trek 990, '87 Schwinn High Sierra, '73 Schwinn Super Sport, '4? Schwinn New World, '76 Swing Bike.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
5 Posts
Very nice! Could you post some close-up pics of the lugs and dropouts? I'm pretty sure my Mystery Bike is a Lambert frame, but that would help to confirm it.
https://home.mchsi.com/~shufford/bike.html
Thanks,
Bob
https://home.mchsi.com/~shufford/bike.html
Thanks,
Bob
#5
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ashland, VA
Posts: 4,420
Bikes: The keepers: 1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix, 1968 Ranger, 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Tourist, 3 - 1986 Rossins, and a '77 PX-10 frame in process.
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 221 Post(s)
Liked 237 Times
in
129 Posts
Very nice! Could you post some close-up pics of the lugs and dropouts? I'm pretty sure my Mystery Bike is a Lambert frame, but that would help to confirm it.
https://home.mchsi.com/~shufford/bike.html
Thanks,
Bob
https://home.mchsi.com/~shufford/bike.html
Thanks,
Bob
I'm pretty certain that, given the lugs and paint pattern, this is one of the pre-bankruptcy frames. Of which there don't seem to be all that many as Lambert seemed to implode very shortly after they appeared at the American dealer shows and signed the dealers up. Ghod, that was a wonderful half-decade for the British transportation industry: Rootes, British Leyland, Norton-Villiers-Triumph, and Lambert.
__________________
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Detroit
Posts: 10,303
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 17 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 42 Times
in
33 Posts
Really pretty and it fits you to! What more could you ask for?
I'm certainly no expert in frame geometry, and I could be very wrong here, but to me the frame on your bike looks abit relaxed for racing. Looks like it would be more comfortable on a long ride than in a race....
I'm certainly no expert in frame geometry, and I could be very wrong here, but to me the frame on your bike looks abit relaxed for racing. Looks like it would be more comfortable on a long ride than in a race....
That is a very beautiful machine, Syke - and one that must be famously suited to a long leisurely ride!
__________________
- Auchen
- Auchen
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,504
Mentioned: 9 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 586 Post(s)
Liked 612 Times
in
447 Posts
I've seen some Lamberts also on my local CL, but never one that beautiful. I'm envious! That is a gorgeous color scheme. The bike just has a special look about it. I can take or leave chrome forks, depends upon the frame, but that combination is pretty cool.
Realestvin7 has some Viscount parts. I think that would be appropriate. Some of the Lamberts I've seen had parts of their own manufacture and used the Viscount brand name. I guess they had bikes labeled as Lambert and Viscount over their history.
Maybe Realestvin7 can send you some pics of the components. I wouldn't mind seeing them either. I can tell you that I will be looking more closely at Lambert postings from now on!
Enjoy your beautiful ride!
Realestvin7 has some Viscount parts. I think that would be appropriate. Some of the Lamberts I've seen had parts of their own manufacture and used the Viscount brand name. I guess they had bikes labeled as Lambert and Viscount over their history.
Maybe Realestvin7 can send you some pics of the components. I wouldn't mind seeing them either. I can tell you that I will be looking more closely at Lambert postings from now on!
Enjoy your beautiful ride!
#10
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ashland, VA
Posts: 4,420
Bikes: The keepers: 1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix, 1968 Ranger, 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Tourist, 3 - 1986 Rossins, and a '77 PX-10 frame in process.
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 221 Post(s)
Liked 237 Times
in
129 Posts
I'll drop you a PM regarding them. It'll be interesting to see what you've got and how they're branded.
__________________
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
#12
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ashland, VA
Posts: 4,420
Bikes: The keepers: 1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix, 1968 Ranger, 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Tourist, 3 - 1986 Rossins, and a '77 PX-10 frame in process.
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 221 Post(s)
Liked 237 Times
in
129 Posts
Unfortunately, ain't gonna work. I'll be looking for the "Lambert" branded parts.
__________________
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
#13
multimodal commuter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ, NYC, LI
Posts: 19,808
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
Mentioned: 584 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1908 Post(s)
Liked 574 Times
in
339 Posts
I can give you a Lambert branded 52Tchainring. I think that's all I have, other than what's on my own Lambert, much of which is V-labeled, and none of it original to that bike.
#14
Large Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Tejas
Posts: 2,533
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
1 Post
Personally, I think V-labeled Viscount parts are better than nothing. Seeing as Viscount and Lambert were one in the same. I'll take some pics of the stuff anyway. Need to get rid of it.
#15
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ashland, VA
Posts: 4,420
Bikes: The keepers: 1958 Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix, 1968 Ranger, 1969 Magneet Sprint, 1971 Gitane Tour de France, 1973 Raleigh Tourist, 3 - 1986 Rossins, and a '77 PX-10 frame in process.
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 221 Post(s)
Liked 237 Times
in
129 Posts
Go ahead, I'll take a look.
__________________
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
Syke
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
H.L. Mencken, (1926)
#16
Rustbelt Rider
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canton, OH
Posts: 9,104
Bikes: 1990 Trek 1420 - 1978 Raleigh Professional - 1973 Schwinn Collegiate - 1974 Schwinn Suburban
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 261 Post(s)
Liked 372 Times
in
177 Posts
I understand why you would want only the Lambert branded parts. This is how I see it, it's functional now and you can set up the parts according to comfort and taste. Once you start collecting Lambert bits, it might make things less comfortable (gearing wise)... so why settle for Viscount stuff?
Plus the Lambert bits that I have seen are blue, which is better on your bike.
Plus the Lambert bits that I have seen are blue, which is better on your bike.
__________________
|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| ||
|......GO.BROWNS........| ||'|";, ___.
|_..._..._______===|=||_|__|..., ] -
"(@)'(@)"""''"**|(@)(@)*****''(@)
|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| ||
|......GO.BROWNS........| ||'|";, ___.
|_..._..._______===|=||_|__|..., ] -
"(@)'(@)"""''"**|(@)(@)*****''(@)