ScubaScott8177 wrote:Yup, by definition that's what I used. Also works great on old chrome.. My dad does a lot with restoration Harley Davidson's and my he would always give me a box of these pads and a pile of 60+ year old chrome parts to clean up.. Cleans rust up too.
Hey Busaste, I was curious about the equipment on the bike those wheels go to.. I know you're the guru of viscount/ lambert knowledge.. F you could double check my previous listing and let me know what you think that'd be aswesome! I got all excited when I saw your reply to my post
Hi
Having looked at your pictures, I am confident that the chainset, bars, bar stem, headset, hubs and wheelrims are all OEM parts. The freewheel, brakes and levers/hoods are not. Ditto for the Campag stuff (which looks very nice by the way!). The absence of a frame number intrigues me and suggests it may be a prototype, press bike or a one off built to a specific customer spcification. Is the number anywhere else on the frame? Lambert were not averse to moving things around.
The Lambert Grand prix originally came with a Lambert rear derailleur (made by Cyclo) known within the trade as the 'flying flea' because of its ability to self destruct due to poor design and appalling build quality
. It was soon withdrawn after going into production being replaced by this Simplex jobbie:
http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx? ... &AbsPos=26There is an old rumour that Lambert's rear derailleur was withdrawn due to threats of legal action by SunTour over the use of their patented slant parallelogram. This causes much mirth amongst former Lambert employees! One of them said to me,
"what a great way of burying a lousy product!" .
I have seen some of the 15 speed Lamberts fitted with a SunTour VGT rear derailleur but I do not know whether this was simply an owner modification in response to the failure of yet another flying flea or an OEM part.
I am sure you will know this but just in case, I would advise against riding on a Lambert cast alloy fork! You have the infamously fragile 'mark 1' fork. The Viscount 'mark 3' fork is the one to have. This one is easy to spot. Look underneath the fork crown and you will see a hole filled by a steel insert.
The red/white Lambert at your LBS is
A MUST BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apart from the saddle, rear wheel quick release, toe straps and bar 'foam' everything seems to be original. Obviuosly I cannot confirm the originality of the freewheel, FD and RD but they look suspiciously like OEM parts. The lugged frame indicates that it is one of the very early Lamberts (1972). Red and white paint is genuine too.
Buy it now before the LBS realises what a great piece of cycling history they have got!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd offer $70 as a starter.