Lambert bicycle assembled by Braxton?

Fx199 said:

Check out this old bike someone gave me.

It's very light, and pretty old also.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=61143

If anyone knows anything about it, please post

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lambert.html

Lambert became Viscount by the late seventies and sold quite a few of
their "aerospace" bikes, which were lugless and quite light. I ride one
every day and love it, very supple ride over the bumpy roads round here.

pretty bike, would clean up great, but if you plan on riding it beware of
the cast fork. They were notorious for shearing off and were recalled and
replaced with Tange cromo ones like the one on my ride.

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Fx199 said:

Check out this old bike someone gave me.

It's very light, and pretty old also.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=61143

If anyone knows anything about it, please post

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lambert.html

Lambert became Viscount by the late seventies and sold quite a few of
their "aerospace" bikes, which were lugless and quite light. I ride one
every day and love it, very supple ride over the bumpy roads round here.

pretty bike, would clean up great, but if you plan on riding it beware of
the cast fork. They were notorious for shearing off and were recalled and
replaced with Tange cromo ones like the one on my ride.

How can I tell if I have the bad one?

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Lambert became Viscount by the late seventies and sold quite a few of
their "aerospace" bikes, which were lugless and quite light. I ride one
every day and love it, very supple ride over the bumpy roads round here.

Would you call it a touring bike?

Fx199 said:

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Quoted message said:

Lambert became Viscount by the late seventies and sold quite a few of
their "aerospace" bikes, which were lugless and quite light. I ride one
every day and love it, very supple ride over the bumpy roads round here.

Would you call it a touring bike?

The one you posted, yes. If it fits, it's definitely worth fixing up, the
ride should be fantastic. 😄 Take off the rack (or leave it on, it's
handy) and add some fresh skinny rubber (nashbar sells its house brand
Prima tires in 27" for ~8 bucks and they're not bad at all) and it would
be a good training/fitness ride--if you don't mind the old fashioned
gearing. I don't. 😉

Mine's more of a psuedo-racer, the frame's a bit too precious to mount a
bunch of racks to, but I do have rear dropout eyelets, then again, a lot
of 70s "sport" bikes had those.

This is the exact model I have:
http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/viscnt.html

Though mine's got a steel fork, Shimano 600 group, SR cranks, Campy
pressed cartridge BB, and a Brooks Champion Flyer saddle. It's a comfy
everyday rider. 😄

Yours, being a pre-viscount Lambert shouldn't have the pressed cartridge
BB, but if it does, beware that they can be a PITA to replace. I'm
fortunate that some angel replaced mine with the bullet proof Campy one
before I found it in the 2nd hand shop.

Have fun and get that bad boy on the road!