Could this pro rider 'Mick' be reffering to Mick Bennett, who I seem to remember maybe rode for the Viscount sponsered Coventry road club? or some other variation. I know the Viking team frames were made by Steve Woodrup, but I don't recall us doing the Viscount frames, although I did make Mick Bennett a track frame in or around 1980, but can't remember who he was riding for then.
Mick is now the organiser of the London cycle show, and also has a big part in organising the pro Tour of Britain.
Cheers Kevin Sayles [who did get out, but punctured after 4 mile!] Bridgwater Somerset UK
<ogreer@bellsouth.net> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Lugged Viscount
> This is a new one to me also. I've never seen a lugged, or partially
> lugged, Viscount, although I have two lugged Lamberts, one badged as such
> and another badged as Viking. But I thought all the bikes from the
> Viscount era of this company were fillet-brazed throughout. I'd question
> whether this bike is really a Viscount, except that it is stated that the
> DO's are Lambert, which I doubt would have been used by any other company.
> It would be interesting to know the full story of this frame - perhaps it
> is a prototype used by a sponsored rider as you suggest.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>
>
> --- On Sun, 1/18/09, Dickey <ogreer@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Dickey <ogreer@bellsouth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [CR] Lugged Viscount
>> To: cputman@mail.smu.edu, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 9:27 AM
>> Hello Clyde, Back in the mid 70s when Viscount started
>> getting bikes in
>> the LBS. There appeared in Bicycling mag about 1975? A good
>> write-up
>> about the whole line up of Areo space bikes. A pic was
>> shown of an
>> Englishman who was a Pro named Mick ? who rode for Viscount
>> and his bike
>> was lugged. The article didn't say if the Pro was for
>> sale to the
>> public, but, I never knew it to be advertized for sale. Who
>> knows it may
>> be Mick's old bike?
>> Dickey Greer
>> West Monroe,La