I was surprised to see interest in Vikings. I picked up a Viking Severn
Valley frame in fork at a Cleveland Bike shop in 1975. Over the years it was
built up in several different groups of parts and paint jobs . Rode it till
two years ago when I bought my Waterford. It now hangs in the basement
surrounded by turn of the century bikes waiting to return to what it would
have looked like in the early 1970's. Rode a lot of different centuries in
the 70's and 80's but only saw 2 other Vikings in all that time and they were
track bikes. Were they more common in other parts of the USA? I think they
were a mid size company in England that went under in the late 60's or early
70's although the name was later resurrected in Northern Ireland for a time .
I think there was also some sort of relationship between them and Lambert,
at least Viking was mentioned in Lambert ads. As far as a paint scheme mine
was pretty plain. All dark Green with 6 white stripes on the seat tube and a
white head tube.
Clem Skehan