Here's a late 70s Viscount that I rode as a single speed for quite
some time:
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Sold it last year after not riding it for a good year, as my fixed
gear is far more stable. The criterium fork's extreme rake gave it
very little rake or "caster" effect thus extremely twitchy handling.
Was a lovely bike. Check out the quite clean fillet brazing up by the
seat cluster. The wheels were modern 700c cassette with a $5 bmx cog
spacered between two pieces of black PVC tube and a lockring. Talk
about your bullet proof drive train.
Converted it to a 1x7 with a vintage Suntour rear Super derailleur,
shifting a modern wheel I built onto a 7speed cassette hub, with a
single Campy style clamp on Shimano lever circa '78. Way retr
