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I haven't seen one of those in ages! haha

Did you replace the forks or the previous owner(s)? I'm trying to get a handle on what I need to buy.

Nice. That's almost exactly what I want to build, something clean and unassuming for getting to work and back. What type of brakes did you end up putting on it? Mine are fairly shot so I was thinking of replacing with modern, more efficient equivalents.

Is it a good idea of match the front and rear brakes (ie. buy a set), or should I spend more on the front brake and get a cheaper rear since it's not as crucial?

i went with some cheap alhonga deep drops (the frame was 27")
I also put a cheap 90s mountain bike fork on there which is bomb proof.

HI, I have recently got hold of a viscount, but I'm having real trouble working out what model it is! It looks very imilar to the one P!MP has, with Huret deraliuer, weinmann brakes, but it has viscount supersport on the decals! The frame is lugged rather than welded and the frame is steel. Any one have any ideas???

Thanks

DT

this frame?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pFNOUDyy4s4/S__LLBpFw2I/AAAAAAAAA0k/4tFZTGXPK-A/s1600/28052010176.jpg

this was a viscount with Huret before i butchered it.

nah i was pullung up on it( bar tape) to get it tight and it snapped and my hand flew up into my face.

trying to wrap bars tightly and the (old) tape snapped leading to me upper cutting myself.
:)

sometimes i think i should just stay inside the house.

The bike i found the other day with wheels (700c hence huge clearances), bars and pretty much everything but frame and forks replaced with crap lying around in my garage.
Only expenses were new front tyre and cables.
It also rides surprisingly nicely.

hmmbutterscotch that mixte is awesome!

ha it happened once with a friend of mine they moved into an old student house found a really nice mixte, sorted it out had it for ages before a girl turned up at the door asking if the bike she had left 8 months ago was still there and demanded it back.
Gutted.

this one was leaning against a wall with no seat and two flat tyres and a chain so rusty it wouldnt even turn, i figure I should be alright. + as a bonus it was covered in mould and moss which seems to have stopped the frame and forks rusting.

Just found this on a street corner. it had been dumped by one of hundreds of students leaving falmouth.

Ignore the crank and the wheels.
I have an old shimano 600 set to go on there along with some old weinman brakes and levers. with ambrosio stem and bars.
I have enough parts kicking around to build it up as a winter beater, all i need is a 27" wheel set (the wheels on it were made entirely of rust).

where those rims any good for you? + Free Bump

are the 600 "Gear things" downtube shifters?

any chance of some pictures?

i discovered a few i had saved on my laptop and figured i should post them

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pFNOUDyy4s4/TCeeGodPD1I/AAAAAAAAA8E/G8U9li4JkK0/s1600/29092009060.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pFNOUDyy4s4/TCeeGJjkHJI/AAAAAAAAA78/CA28kKxG2_8/s1600/22032010134.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pFNOUDyy4s4/TCeeFwHSXeI/AAAAAAAAA70/3Jydkte8BgM/s1600/17072009028.jpg

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ha oh well . none the less, awesome photo.

[QUOTE=neuroportal;1490099]In that case here is a shot from my back garden when I lived in Cornwall.

I think this was a camera phone shot, I didn't own a digital camera so I can't think what else it was.

is this out by perranwell or am i completely off

http://www.kingsmillcornwall.co.uk/upimages/whitsand1.jpg

yeah it looks it, bloody 'ansome.

I f'ing love cornwall in the summer.
plan is to ride the bmx down for a bbq on the beach tonight followed by a little fire, some tinnies and probs a late night swim, GOD life is hard. :)

kernowsibley- are those shots from around pendennis point?

yeah they are, and the seafront.
are you around this area?

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Little ride in Fal today,
5800 Nokia

hmmm

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it took me 2 mins but i dont think its noticeable

same issue with a peugot i got recently.
last ditch effort before the hacksaw came out. an entire bottle of asda oven cleaner over a 3 hour period followed by 30 mins of twisting with forks in workmate. CRACK it finally gave. this was then followed by 1 1/2 hours sweating and swearing and boom the stem is out and surprisingly not damaged at all, thanks for the help all be it not aimed at me.

I need to move to london. i would snap this up, anyway have a bump.

A few cheeky edits from Mabe/Falmouth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcd7SI8BA-s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79ylJPgYMn8

do you ride in fal?

fuck that looking around is for losers. i prefer to serve randomly just to keep drivers on their toes - i like to think of it as a form of traffic management and speed control.

not sure why but this cracked me up for some reason.
I have nothing to add on the actual topic......

I have run out of money so these two will be staying as is for the foreseeable future,
apart from 2 new brake callipers for the pug that Im still waiting to be delivered :(

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