Originally Posted by
leicanthrope
The big thing to keep in mind with the old French bikes is that they had a lot of oddball specs that were specifically and uniquely French. There are some neat bikes in there, but it can make finding components that much more difficult.
Toward the end [late '80s], Peugeot had mostly fallen into line with the English/Japanese standard sizing. Remaining wildcard was seatpost diameter (but that's always a wildcard, no?).