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Dating as in ageing before anyone suggests that I may need help for my love of vintage road bikes
I can't find much information on the Viking Severn Valley (Wolverhampton built so 50's/60's) and I am trying to establish what age my Viking Severn frame is. From what I have read it looks like it could be a 1957 model as it has Nervex lugs and the V prefix to the serial number (One website suggesting it was 1957 when this happened when the Severn Valley replaced the Tour of Britain as Vikings top model in the catalogue - before this it didn't sport the Nervex lugs). A piece I read on Brian Haskell showing his 1957 bike also quoted the serial number of that frame to be close to that of mine.
Anyone out there that can shed a little more light on the model and identifying the model year?
I can't find much information on the Viking Severn Valley (Wolverhampton built so 50's/60's) and I am trying to establish what age my Viking Severn frame is. From what I have read it looks like it could be a 1957 model as it has Nervex lugs and the V prefix to the serial number (One website suggesting it was 1957 when this happened when the Severn Valley replaced the Tour of Britain as Vikings top model in the catalogue - before this it didn't sport the Nervex lugs). A piece I read on Brian Haskell showing his 1957 bike also quoted the serial number of that frame to be close to that of mine.
Anyone out there that can shed a little more light on the model and identifying the model year?