Huemax@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/8/06 2:56:27 PM, ogreer@bellsouth.net writes:
>
>
>> I don't think the Viscount had any threads in the BB, or maybe the
>> Lambert?
>>
> Hi Dickey and List members,
>
> I have early Lambert with cast Al fork which has British B/B and spindle, but
> later Viscount (after Japanese Yamaha took over) with chrome TANGE fork
> has a strange sealed bearing B/B, that looks like 90's mountain bike B/B.
>
> Both crankarm and chain set are copy of T.A. and chin rings are
> interchangeable.
Labert/Viscount BBs had press-fitted bearing cartridges in an unthreaded shell. One of the modern threadless cartridge units with a square-taper axle ought to accommodate a normal crank.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA