Viscount Aerospace Sport (London)

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

That looks superb.

Thank you

 

[zerogravitas]

Having spent a good portion of my tinkering time since the new year on my Viscount Grand Sport I can safely say this is the 'lightweight' fillet brazed Aerospace frameset that Viscount dressed up with various levels of kit to create different models in their Aerospace range (they did make many cheaper bikes too, along with shoppers etc etc).

In the range the Sport sits roughly below the Aerospace Grand Sport like mine, then the Aerospace Pro, and with the Superbike like GiGfY's topping it.



Maybe worth £40 if you want to make something decent from it? The frame is well built and a good base for a bike that rides well and can look great - you'd just need to be prepared to work with the quirky BB (or remove it like I did!) - along with replacing some bits, wheels and shifters look pretty naff to me.
Despite being some of the worst Ebay photos I've ever seen (do these people actually want to sell anything?!) the paint doesn't look bad which is something.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

 

[otherself]

£235 in 1976 is equal to £1,592.72 in 2025. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

 

[bikeworkshop]

That's the top end model though - but bikes are cheaper in real terms now than ever before in history.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Blimey in 1974

 

[bikeworkshop]

Blimey in 1974
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It's why people looked after their bikes back then, and they were built to last.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

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It's why people looked after their bikes back then, and they were built to last.

Very true, probably why we all look after ours. Ingrained to do so.