Classic & Vintage - What NOT to do if you don't like your Mixte:

This just popped up on my local Craigs. At first glance it looked normal...then I saw the double top tubes...then I realized... :twitchy:

Take a look:




Vintage 1970's Peugeot Mens 10 Speed Lightweight - $70 (Chandler)
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/bik/2066643785.html

Date: 2010-11-18, 10:30AM MST
Reply to: sale-tsgcq-2066643785@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

Vintage Mens Peugeot Super Lightweight modified 10 Speed bicycle. This bike has had a frame modification and weights around 30 pounds. It is mostly all original and is lightning fast and super strong. These were Top of the line bicycles in the 70's and this one is a true survivor. The frame was cut and modified for less weight a long time ago and I have been riding this for about a month and have been having a ball with it ! If you want a Strong and Fast Vintage bike for a great price please come take a look.....We are located close to Chandler and Cooper in Chandler

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/024-13.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/027-13.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/031-10.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/029-11.jpg


Looks really "STRONG" don't it?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Hmmm, wonder why there aren't any close-ups of the "modified" spots??

first I saw this and was like "Hey thats kinda cool"
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/027-13.jpg

then I saw this and actually said out loud "Oh Dear"

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/031-10.jpg


and these were "top of the line" eh?

We need a name of the perpetrator, so we can assign a descriptive term like "Drew"

Drewfus.

Drewfus.

Seconded.

Oh my God!
Surely this deserves some sort of prize.
"Most creatively mangled frame?"

Freakin idiot. Really worse than a drew, as most drews can be worked around: claw derailleur hangers, clamp on cable guides, etc. This bike has been destroyed. Too bad, as around here I can get a 50% premium on a Peugeot mixte over a regular Peugeot racing bike.

Too bad, as around here I can get a 50% premium on a Peugeot mixte over a regular Peugeot racing bike.

You need to learn to do the opposite of this :lol:

I don't want to see the seat lug cluster.

This is the most epic kind of awful. I hope he also drilled 1/4" speed holes all throughout the stays for more weight reduction.

Oh my God!
Surely this deserves some sort of prize.
"Most creatively mangled frame?"

My bet is it was a man who thought a Mixte was for a lady. I think you have blog fodder here. ;)

I had a nice tandem for a little while that was in great shape. However, someone had sawed out the stoker's top tube to give more standover. You guess it... worthless.

My bet is it was a man who thought a Mixte was for a lady. I think you have blog fodder here. ;)
Nah, I don't like to make fun of people or to show ugly bikes.
But someone should forward it to Bike Snob.

Too bad, as around here I can get a 50% premium on a Peugeot mixte over a regular Peugeot racing bike.
I believe you. I was selling one of my mixtes earlier this year and ended up shipping it to someone on the West Coast who was prepared to pay extra because they had a shortage of vintage mixtes.

I have a bike that was actually built with twin top tubes. Quite handsome, actually. This though... :eek:

Oh that poor bike. :(

i'm more curious about who drewfussed the bike. If it's the owner, that's a pretty brave (and dumb) owner, but if it's a bike shop or mechanic...that's like a doctor prescribing heroin.

i'm more curious about who drewfussed the bike. If it's the owner, that's a pretty brave (and dumb) owner, but if it's a bike shop or mechanic...that's like a doctor prescribing heroin.

I'm curious too, but it must be the owner because I can't imagine any bike shop or bike mechanic ruining a frame so thoroughly on purpose.

Maybe someone should contact the seller to do some recon? :)

I'm curious too, but it must be the owner because I can't imagine any bike shop or bike mechanic ruining a frame so thoroughly on purpose.

Maybe someone should contact the seller to do some recon? :)

Haha, feels like we'd be running an undercover sting operation. I'm willing to bet the owner may work with metal, but not bikes.

:wtf:

The frame was cut and modified for less weight a long time ago and I have been riding this for about a month and have been having a ball with it !

Sounds like they bought it this way and it was the previous owner that did it.

I wonder if the seatpost moves.

Welcome to the shallow end of the gene pool

I think the forks might be bent.... :)

Front quick release is on the wrong side.

Drewfus.

Drewfus?

Wouldn't that be a rather contrary twist of the term, considering the legacy of Henry Dreyfuss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Dreyfuss)?

-Kurt

Okay, it's certainly a frame modification, but I'm not sure how it makes the bike any lighter.
I like the simpler old-fashioned method used by an old Irish guy who was a neighbor of a friend of mine when he lived in Boston. He converted his lady's Raleigh by lashing a broom handle between the head lug and the seat cluster with twine. As he said, "well, it's still a lady's bike, but ye can hardly tell."

He converted his lady's Raleigh by lashing a broom handle between the head lug and the seat cluster with twine. As he said, "Its Vertically stiff yet laterally compliant."


Fix'd.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/029-11.jpg

the horror

On today's Menue......Black'nd French Top Tube with a side of chopped and ground dropouts


...........it's like a traffic accident....you just can't help looking

I immediately thought of this ad from my local CL, posted yesterday. "If you can weld then your good to go." If you can weld, and have $400 to spend on a broken frame. I know this belongs in the wacky CL thread, but it seems to fit so perfectly here. :)

Aluminum Raleigh - $400 (Seattle)

Date: 2010-11-17, 7:25PM PST
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Aluminum Raleigh

This is an old frame, I fixed it up real nice a few times. But as it goes the frame broke. (check the pics) If you can weld then your good to go.

Nine hydraulic disc brake in font V in back. Everything else is new. Well was new a few years ago.

I'm not going to list off all the components.

White wall extra, comes with knobby Kendas.

I have a seat post and seat for it too, I was using my road bike's.


Location: Seattle
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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oh geez I thought that dark spot on the top tube was a shadow at first :lol:

Thats a big shadow.

Look on the bright side: Drewfuss is probably going to be forced to keep it; I mean, he effectively destroyed not only the frame but his chances with a target consumer group as well. There can't be more than one person out there that's thinking "Man, this is so cool - I've just gotta have it!"

Or can there?

Oh my God!
Surely this deserves some sort of prize.
"Most creatively mangled frame?"Give it time, and I'm sure the Darwin Award would qualify.

Hey, for 70 bucks, you get a nice Light Action RD and a decent pair of tires.

That bike is HILARIOUS!

Pic from seller's PB account.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/026-12.jpg

Man, does nobody have a sense of humor around here? That bike is hilarious.

couldn't remove the cable, seatpost or bolt before spraying it with the wrong color blue?
Also, that is one crappy looking weld! Can't wait till the next owner has that top tube snap at the weld and jam into his femural artery.

Oh... ugh... umm... yikes

Hah, somebody with a WiKi account: please fix that misspelled Norman Bel Geddes name (in the Henry Dreyfuss article)^

Oh man, that's sad! A waste of bike, brought to you by: a waste of skin.

Man, does nobody have a sense of humor around here? That bike is hilarious.


That bike is HILARIOUS!

I thought it was funny, too.

" Everything else is new. Well was new a few years ago."

I think this sums up most CL posts .
Just because you bought something "new" and put it on the bike 5 years ago, does not mean you have "new parts" on the bike!

(and even many used car posts - "new tires! Just replaced ___")

I thought it was pretty funny as well.

Qualifies for the "bonehead moves" thread, for sure.

Okay, it's certainly a frame modification, but I'm not sure how it makes the bike any lighter.
I like the simpler old-fashioned method used by an old Irish guy who was a neighbor of a friend of mine when he lived in Boston. He converted his lady's Raleigh by lashing a broom handle between the head lug and the seat cluster with twine. As he said, "well, it's still a lady's bike, but ye can hardly tell."

"Cause there's a couple feet of tubing missing .... It'll fly up hills now !

This reminds me of the "Remuddling" page in Old House Journal.

This just popped up on my local Craigs. At first glance it looked normal...then I saw the double top tubes...then I realized... :twitchy:

Take a look:




Vintage 1970's Peugeot Mens 10 Speed Lightweight - $70 (Chandler)
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/bik/2066643785.html

Date: 2010-11-18, 10:30AM MST
Reply to: sale-tsgcq-2066643785@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

Vintage Mens Peugeot Super Lightweight modified 10 Speed bicycle. This bike has had a frame modification and weights around 30 pounds. It is mostly all original and is lightning fast and super strong. These were Top of the line bicycles in the 70's and this one is a true survivor. The frame was cut and modified for less weight a long time ago and I have been riding this for about a month and have been having a ball with it ! If you want a Strong and Fast Vintage bike for a great price please come take a look.....We are located close to Chandler and Cooper in Chandler

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/024-13.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/027-13.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/031-10.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/millave98/029-11.jpg


Looks really "STRONG" don't it?

:lol: :lol: :lol:


I think I'm going to vomit.:(

At least he could have flipped the rear brake cable clamp and barrel adjuster to make it more aerodynamic, sheesh.

Nah, I don't like to make fun of people or to show ugly bikes.
But someone should forward it to Bike Snob.

Forwarded to Bikesnob. Who knows if he'll read my email amidst all the litter that probably finds its way into his inbox...

I don't think it would have to be making fun of the person - it could just be a commentary on Mixtes versus 'mens' bikes. Some men perceive a Mixte as a girls' bike, when this is not the case. A mixte is a bike, and neither for a man or a woman. At least in my opinion.

What a terrible hack job! I thought the ad was pretty funny. The whole "man this thing really flies" was stupid funny.

The other CL ad with "if you can weld, you're good to go" etc was frigging hilarious.