Worst Bike I Ever Had
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Old School Grand Master
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Canuk
Old School Grand Master
Worst bike I ever had was this Viscount Aerospace, admittedly I did find it in a skip when I was 15. When I was a yoof, we called them 'Rusty Viscounts', for well deserved reason. Mine came with the big solid cut out chainring, and I spent hours and hours taking it apart and regressing/repairing it. My grandad gave me my first tub of Campagnolo grease, which he believed had magical properties.
Everything was wrong with it, and the sealed bearings bracket gave me no end of trouble but after a long cold winter it came out in the spring and was raced for a few months before retired for a nice shiny 531 bike. Still no idea what tubing the Viscount was, I swapped it for a pair of large flange Campag track wheels, a good deal, on my part!
Everything was wrong with it, and the sealed bearings bracket gave me no end of trouble but after a long cold winter it came out in the spring and was raced for a few months before retired for a nice shiny 531 bike. Still no idea what tubing the Viscount was, I swapped it for a pair of large flange Campag track wheels, a good deal, on my part!
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