Originally Posted by tjspiel

I have a brother who's over a decade older than I am and he's pushing 60. He didn't get a driver's license until well into his 30's for reasons I don't even remember.

He owned a Peugeot a notch below the PX-10 that he rode everywhere back in the 70's. We didn't live in an urban area. The automobile ruled that town. Of course I looked up to him and when it came time to buy my first bike (one that my parents didn't get for me), I wanted a Peugeot. I was a recent college grad, this was the late 80's and Mountain bikes were all the rage then but I wasn't interested.

My Peugeot was the first bike I commuted on and the first bike I raced. It wasn't one of their high end models, it was outdated and eventually I replaced it with something more modern. I kept it for awhile out of nostalgia but sold it a few years ago because I had no real use for it anymore.

In the late 70's, my brother left for graduate school in Hawaii. His Peugeot went with him. It suffered some being left outside in the salty air but it endured. Decades later my brother still has it and still commutes on it.

If it weren't for my brother and that Peugeot of his I probably wouldn't be commuting by bike today. I learned at an early age that cars aren't the only way to get around.