RE: [CR]Lambert

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From: "Moos, Jerry" <jmoos@urc.com>
To: 'Lee Berg' <lberg@ventoux.com>, "Moos, Jerry" <jmoos@urc.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Lambert
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:06:43 -0400


Mine must be earlier than 1974 as it is lugged, and the 1974 brochure specifies filet brazed frames. Anyone know what years lugged Lamberts were made?

Regards,

Jerry Moos

-----Original Message----- From: Lee Berg [mailto:lberg@ventoux.com] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 9:59 AM To: Moos, Jerry Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Lambert

Hi, Jerry,

If you haven't seen it already, you may find some useful info in the 1974 Lambert brochure (pics, feature descriptions, and specs) at:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1499439&a=12187593

Lee Berg Palo Alto, Calif.

"Moos, Jerry" wrote:
>
> I just bought a Lambert Grand Prix frame and death fork from the CR
> classified page. It's a lugged steel one, purple and white with gold lined
> lugs. The seller included many original parts from this and another frame,
> so the bike is maybe 75% complete. The rear derailleur is steel,
> medium-long cage, simple parallelogram rather like a Huret Svelto. Is this
> an original Lambert derailleur? It also appears to have the infamous
> Lambert BB with untapered axle. I've never owned a Lambert before, so maybe
> someone can enlighten me. Is this BB threaded or is it pressed in as it
> appears it may be?