Viscount Aerospace 600ex

1981

Road bike

Proper restoration

700c

A nice frame I bought off ebay as an impulse buy, as the frame looked beautiful and quite uncommon. It was easier than usual to find the parts as the frame have a sticker suggesting the Shimano 600EX groupset on the top tube. The bike uses Viscount proprietary tubing which is suprisingly unbutted. Catalogue says that the frame was handmade with 0.8mm chrome molybdenum tubes. I came across the bike document after I built the full bike and most of my component choices matches the specs of the bike. A very nice bike, also quite light as it's just under 10kg at 9.6kg.

specs

Tubing

Viscount Chrome Molybdenum

Weight

9.6kg

Headset

Shimano 600 Arabesque

Grips / Tape

Velox cotton

Stem

Sakae

Brake levers

Shimano 600 Arabesque

Brake calipers

Shimano 600 Arabesque

Shifter

Shimano 600 Arabesque

Front Derailleur

Shimano 600 Arabesque

Rear Derailleur

Shimano 600 Arabesque

Crankset

Shimano 600 Arabesque

Pedals

Lyotard with Christophe toe clips and straps

Seatpost

Kalloy 26.6mm

Saddle

San Marco Rolls

Wheels

Mavic GP4 on Shimano 600 hubs

Tyres

Vittoria Rally 25C

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