rideahiggins
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I found this Viscount with the aluminum "Death fork" I have never seen one before. I guess this one didn't get the recall notice.
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Viscount Aerospace frame and death fork
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I have 2 Viscounts. One like yours and the other was repainted. Fillet brazed frames similar to Schwinn Super Sports. The painted bike still had the death fork and it lives in my basement after I replaced it. The other the owner was mad because the fork was replaced when he had the bike in for service. He liked the ride with the death fork better. The white bike was $35 last Spring. Roger
bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I think it's a little extreme to say that no cast aluminum forks ever broke. To begin with, it was an answer searching for a question that never existed.
There was never any reason to make a cast aluminum fork other than to have something to advertise.
Calling it a death fork may sound extreme, but what does happen if your front fork suddenly evaporates (rhetorical question).
Especially then, any bike that was built would find it's way to cyclocross racing.
In our litigious society, it doesn't take much of a repeat failure rate to put a company out of business.
The bikes themselves are straight-gage tubing, comparable to Raleigh Grand Prix. They were outfitted nicely, and along with their sister line Lambert used their version of the TA crankset.
All said, you have yourself a collectible there. Probably never worth a lot, but as Roger shows, they can be shined up to beauties and undoubtedly ridden safely if sensibly.
There was never any reason to make a cast aluminum fork other than to have something to advertise.
Calling it a death fork may sound extreme, but what does happen if your front fork suddenly evaporates (rhetorical question).
Especially then, any bike that was built would find it's way to cyclocross racing.
In our litigious society, it doesn't take much of a repeat failure rate to put a company out of business.
The bikes themselves are straight-gage tubing, comparable to Raleigh Grand Prix. They were outfitted nicely, and along with their sister line Lambert used their version of the TA crankset.
All said, you have yourself a collectible there. Probably never worth a lot, but as Roger shows, they can be shined up to beauties and undoubtedly ridden safely if sensibly.
bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
fair enough - thanks Roger.
WVBicycles
Finally riding a big boys bike
I have had a few of these over the years the Viscount cranks where very cool looking as for the forks I heard the claims of them failing.
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