Re: Was [CR]Viscount Bicycle worth? Now Mangled

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From: <youngc@netreach.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: Was [CR]Viscount Bicycle worth? Now Mangled
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:27:34 US/Eastern

Ouch. Let the list Viscount owners know what you to bring it back. I can check my spare parts.

Charlie Young Honeybrook PA
> Morning all, I wont say good cos it ain't. My Viscount ran over a piece of rusty
> wire 2mm dia by ,say ,600mm long. The rear tyre flicked it up into the chain which
> wrapped it through the rear der ,it's orig 1976 Shimano 600. This pulled into the
> wheel catching and bending spokes and bending the dropout down and back. The cage
> was mangled. I was pedalling slowly but hard up a hill so did max damage. Good
> job I wasn't on a fast downhill. I managed to pull it into enough shape to ride in
> one gear. Got to work 1/2hour late , filthy and very pissed off. I took a photo of
> the mess before repair. Mark Stevens in rubbish strewn London.