Cusqueno wrote:Hi. These 'Team' bikes from Viscount in 1981/82 were in the middle of the Viscount range, below the 'Aerospace' bikes but a cut above some that had frames produced in Taiwan. I don't know what steel was used for the Team bikes, but you probably feel that it isn't too heavy. It doesn't feel like gas pipe, but I don't think it is the same chro-moly steel used in the top of the range Viscounts. The flat rear drop outs (rather than cast/forged) and the lack of a derailleur hanger also indicate that it's mid-range. Did it have alloy rimmed wheels? Viscount mixed and matched their components, depending on what had just arrived at goods in (it seems like that anyway), so it's hard to be certain what components any particular model should have.
These frames are good for many sorts of bike from commuter to light tourer to road training and can be fitted with original, better quality or modern components according to taste. What do you plan for your project?
The plan is to get it usable and ride it really at the moment.
It has got all Shimano gear on it currently including suicide levers friction downtube shifters. I would like the clean that all up next build it it all up to a good usable stage new bearings etc and then use it!
I knew it wasn't a majorly special frame but like a middle of the range one I could feel it by the weight and quality of the components etc
I think I have around 12 frames at different stages of build. Nothing that is all too rare I have some Raleigh, BSA, Elswick, Dawes, Peugeot and a bonded Vitus 979.
If I remember rightly it has rigida rims on it I haven't looked at them too much so far concentrated on the frame really first.
