As I remember it (hah) the first Lamberts were sort of prototypes and ha
d some sort of Ron Kitchings connection. I suppose the threaded BB is
the telling difference. Some of the earliest ones are also branded Reg
Harris. Apparently there were similar Ron Kitchings frames, probabl
y built with 531. I guess the TA? arms on Lamberts are part of the c
onnection because Ron Kit was the UK TA distributor.I noticed I made t
he Cirque banquet cutoff by the skin of my teeth (#119). Looking
forward to seeing all again.Joe Bender-ZanoniGreat Notch, NJ----- Or
iginal Message -----From: oroboyz@aol.comDate: Sunday, May 21,
2006 1:35 pmSubject: Was: mystery bike, now early Lambert..
.To: joebz@optonline.net, bhufford3@mchsi.comCc: Classic
rendezvous@bikelist.org> << It may a Ron Kitchings or early Ro
n Kit built Lambert. I > think the > dro> pouts, top eyes, l
ugs and braze-ons are right. The early bikes wit> h a threaded BB ar
e uncommon. The fork replacement is a hint pointing> toward Lambert.
Looks like it was built up with whatever parts > were ar> ound incl
uding some gems from our persepective today.Joe Bender-Zanoni> Great
Notch, NJ>>> > Very good, Joe! That all makes sense to me.
> > That is the first time I heard of Ron Kitching building the >
first > Lamberts. I always understood it was a London area maker,
a > Viking > plant? Hadn't heard they came from up north...
Maybe one of our > UK guys > has more info?> > Dale Brown>
Greensboro, NC USA> > > -----Original Message-----> From: jo
ebz@optonline.net> To: bhufford3@mchsi.com> Cc: Classicr
endezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sun, 21 May 2006 17:02:03 +0
000 (GMT)> Subject: Re: [CR]Mystery Bike Pedals (well, to me
anyway)> > It may a Ron Kitchings or early Ron Kit built Lambert.
I think > the dro> pouts, top eyes, lugs and braze-ons are righ
t. The early bikes wit> h a threaded BB are uncommon. The fork rep
lacement is a hint pointing> toward Lambert. Looks like it was built
up with whatever parts > were ar> ound including some gems from our
persepective today.Joe Bender-Zanoni> Great Notch, NJ----- Origin
al Message -----From: bhufford3@mchsi.> comDate: Sunday, May
21, 2006 12:31 pmSubject: Re: [CR]M> ystery Bike Pedals (
well, to me anyway)To: Classicrendezvous@bikel> ist.org> >
I picked up a mystery bike at a local swap this weekend> and > I'
m trying to> > identify parts. (I'll try to get pi> cs of the
re-paint frame, > etc. > > tomorrow with better ligh> t)>
> Here are pics of the rest of the bike. Not much to look at,>
but > maybe you can > help in figuring out what the frame might be.
> > > http://home.mchsi.com/
> tube is 29.1 mm > (?> ?). The seat tube is 28.6 at th
e base but 29.1 at the top > (> flared by an > over agressive se
atpost insertion at some point?).> I thought if > the frame was
> French that it would have a 26.0 t> op tube and 28.0 mm seat a
nd > down tubes > typically. I didn'> t get a photo of if,
but there is a pentagon > shaped shifter > cl> amp stop on the bot
tom of the down tube.> > No markings that I can> find. The fr
ame appears to have been > powder coated, > but I'> m really n
ot sure how to tell.> > Thanks for any other help you ca> n offe
r.> > Bob Hufford> Springfield, MO> ______> _
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