So I bought this old Peugeot...
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So I bought this old Peugeot...
...and I'm not laboring under the impression that it's anything special, but I thought it had a lot of character. I suspect it's been through some parts changes in its life. I'm not sure what the odds are that the TA triple came stock, and the campy shifters mounted just above the vestigial one-side simplex boss was clearly an aftermarket choice. Just wondering if anyone had any insight on what it might be. I know Peugeots are notoriously hard to ID, and I haven't had much luck.
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This looks like one of the peugeot UO (8, 9, or 10) but with a lot of modifications; it don't think it's a UO-8 in any case as the paint job is more modern. But this is the basic lugged high tensile steel frame that came on the UO series.
The crank and the derailleurs are not original. The hooded mafac brake levers are nice (even if the top half of the hood is missing). The wheels look like the wheels that came stock on the UO-10 with maillard high flange hubs and rigida rims (nice rims btw). This could be a modded UO-10 (basing this mainly on the wheels).
I like this bike a lot; the mods are actually a plus in this case!
The crank and the derailleurs are not original. The hooded mafac brake levers are nice (even if the top half of the hood is missing). The wheels look like the wheels that came stock on the UO-10 with maillard high flange hubs and rigida rims (nice rims btw). This could be a modded UO-10 (basing this mainly on the wheels).
I like this bike a lot; the mods are actually a plus in this case!
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Very cool old fenders. And yeah, the changed out parts are upgrades. Although I'd put a smaller middle ring on the crank, if I was one of my keepers.
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Lots of cool details there NJ and I like it a lot. You might find a date stamp on the back of the Mafac brake calipers to narrow the time frame - assuming they are original to the bike.
Clean it up and enjoy the ride!
Brad
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The UO-10 (or 9 or 8 for that matter) was a really fine touring platform with a long wheelbase, long chainstays, and relatively slack angles. Plus there was plenty of space for fat tires.
This looks like someone set this up for touring who knew what he (or she) was up to.
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That was my read on it too, Bikemig. The frame resembled the other lower end Peugeots I've had experience with. My take is that the bike's had at least two previous owners: The first one carefully appointed it with a variety of well chosen parts. The second one put the brake levers in a weird place and terribly installed that awful black cork tape.
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