Please help me identify this Peugeot
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I bought a really sweet 10 speed Peugeot bicycle a while back at a resale shop for $30. It was in mint condition other than a missing headlight and tire rot. It is a great bike for my wife to cruise around our small town on, and with its' full fenders, OEM generator and lights (except for headlight), and book rack on the back she looks like she is heading down to a French bakery every time she heads down the street.
My guess is the bike is about 20 - 30 years old as my internet research seems to indicate Peugot stopped marketing bikes in the US back in the 80's, but I can't seem to find the model number, all I found was a RY M4 stamped on the frame bottom. It appears to hve two holes where perhaps a serial number plate might have been. I know they used paltes in the 70's. I did find two 7's stamped a bit abart and at diferent angles, so 1977 would be my guess.
I'd like to replace the headlight with an OEM part. I have another one on it now, but I'd rather have an OEM. Does anyone know wht model/yr this might be? It has down tube shifters. It also has mounting brackets for a rather long air pump (I'd like to find one somewhere)
Does anyone know how I could get some Peugeot parts? and how much this bike might be worth? I can't find anything on E-Bay. I wonder if it might a collector's item.
Thanks
My guess is the bike is about 20 - 30 years old as my internet research seems to indicate Peugot stopped marketing bikes in the US back in the 80's, but I can't seem to find the model number, all I found was a RY M4 stamped on the frame bottom. It appears to hve two holes where perhaps a serial number plate might have been. I know they used paltes in the 70's. I did find two 7's stamped a bit abart and at diferent angles, so 1977 would be my guess.
I'd like to replace the headlight with an OEM part. I have another one on it now, but I'd rather have an OEM. Does anyone know wht model/yr this might be? It has down tube shifters. It also has mounting brackets for a rather long air pump (I'd like to find one somewhere)
Does anyone know how I could get some Peugeot parts? and how much this bike might be worth? I can't find anything on E-Bay. I wonder if it might a collector's item.
Thanks
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That is a (I believe) UO18, the mixte version of the venerable UO8. The decals and downtube shifters, along with the pump peg on the downtube, place it earlier than 1977. Dating these is an inexact science, at least in my hands, but I'd put it around 1973.
I really like the fenders, light, etc. They may have been aftermarket ad-ons; most of the UO18s I've seen lack them. I don't think the pumps were anything special; the UO8 I found recently hand a Lapize (sp?) pump, but I don't think it was original stock. Earlier PX's came standard with an ad-hoc pump, which now sell for about as much as a PX in some cases I've seen.
I don't think it's worth too much $$$wise, but if your wife enjoys cruising around on it, I'd say it's worth a lot. If she's going to ride it a lot, you might check and see if the bike has steel rims and consider switching them out for alloy ones-- the braking should improve drastically, esp in the wet. A cool city bike.
I really like the fenders, light, etc. They may have been aftermarket ad-ons; most of the UO18s I've seen lack them. I don't think the pumps were anything special; the UO8 I found recently hand a Lapize (sp?) pump, but I don't think it was original stock. Earlier PX's came standard with an ad-hoc pump, which now sell for about as much as a PX in some cases I've seen.
I don't think it's worth too much $$$wise, but if your wife enjoys cruising around on it, I'd say it's worth a lot. If she's going to ride it a lot, you might check and see if the bike has steel rims and consider switching them out for alloy ones-- the braking should improve drastically, esp in the wet. A cool city bike.
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Originally Posted by Poguemahone
That is a (I believe) UO18, the mixte version of the venerable UO8. The decals and downtube shifters, along with the pump peg on the downtube, place it earlier than 1977. Dating these is an inexact science, at least in my hands, but I'd put it around 1973.
I really like the fenders, light, etc. They may have been aftermarket ad-ons; you might check and see if the bike has steel rims and consider switching them out for alloy ones-- the braking should improve drastically, esp in the wet. A cool city bike.
I really like the fenders, light, etc. They may have been aftermarket ad-ons; you might check and see if the bike has steel rims and consider switching them out for alloy ones-- the braking should improve drastically, esp in the wet. A cool city bike.
It has steel rims, but they have cross-hatched grooves in them to improve braking.
And you're probably right about the price, but I think my wife has the coolest bike in Davis, OK....which is sorta like saying I just ate the best tasting peanut butter in my pantry...LOL....it still tastes really good though, and it's almost as old.
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It's a UE-18, the touring/European version of the UO-18.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
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