These threaded BB Lamberts were very early in the game. Maybe only hundreds were made. THese early bikes also had something to do with Ron Kitchings and that's about all I remember.
Joe Bender-Zanoni Whitneyville, Connecticut USA
A loose dog on a wet wooden bridge (Franconia Notch bike trail) led to the hardest fall on a wood surface I've had since velodrome days today. Only a bruised elbow, saved the dog, saved my Redcay. Not even splinters in my arse.
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From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Just bought this Viking-badged early Lambert:
>
>
> http://ebay.com/
> 0288978373QQihZ002QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> This is a first generation Lambert, with lugged frame, conventional threaded
> BB and tapered crank axle, as opposed to the later Lambert/Viscount/Yamaha bikes
> with lugless frames, pressed in BB's and taperless axles.
>
> These were sold branded a Lambert, Reg Harris or Viking.
>
> Can anyone, perhaps the UK members, explain the connection between Viking and
> Lambert? Supposedly the original Viking operation closed in 1967. Lambert
> might just have bought the name, but there were reports In The Day that the
> early Lamberts we built in a former Viking facility. Or at least some US
> dealers at the time were told such a story. Could Lambert have acquired assets
> aside from just the name? Were there any Viking managers/employees who later
> worked for Lambert?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Bog Spring, Texas, USA