Hello everyone. I’m new here and basically registered to look at all the nice pix. So I thought it would be only fair to post some of my own.


This summer I bought an early eighties Peugeot racing bicycle at the local scrap metal yard. (my 1st racing cycle ever) My plan to rebuild it with a Sram automatix 2 speed hub got put on hold when it turned out that it had a Swiss bottom bracket. So I bought a cheap frame to replace the Peugeot, but the newly sourced frame came with a whole pile of parts that made up a complete bicycle. Curious how it would ride I could not resist putting it back together.



Pile of parts.



Parts cleaned, ball bearings replaced, 8 new spokes and a new chain later. It's a 1984 Koga Miyata Superwinner with a Shimano 600 groupset.
http://www.koga.com/files/5/0/4/Koga_Brochure_1984.pdf



Replacement derailleur from the parts bin also a Shimano 600 but I believe it's an older model. There wasn't a lot of spring tension left in the old derailleur and that was probably the reason I had to replace those 8 spokes.



I used to be really into XC mountainbiking so the weird handle bar had to go. The brake levers also came from the parts bin and are modified safety brakes.
I will invest in a pair of nice leather grips that will probably cost me more than the complete bike



The end result. And it's a real joy to ride. It could use some new tires, these came from the Peugeot and are starting to dry out.


Total cost 20 Euro. (I only had to buy 8 new spokes and some ball bearings. Chain and handle bar donated by my brother)


So now I will need to find another frame for that Sram automatix project that I had planned