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Old 02-26-17 | 09:50 PM
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Bikes: 1986 Alan Record Carbonio, 1985 Vitus Plus Carbone 7, 1984 Peugeot PSV, 1972 Line Seeker, 1986(est.) Medici Aerodynamic (Project), 1985(est.) Peugeot PY10FC

From the frame details (close to vertical rear DO slots, double bottle mounts and very rounded shouldered fork crown (but does not look like a "Unicrown" style fork, thank god), graphics), it looks to be from the very late 80's/very early 90's.
Could be Euro only, but maybe also Canadien.
Although 531 tubing wasn't so special anymore by that time, it was still a mark of good quality, and definitely above the mid level 501 tubing that was Peugeot's "standard" mid level bike frame tubing at that time, starting from the mid-80's.......
The best thing going for this frame, IMO, other than Peugeot's frame geometry that will surely give a great ride, is the fact that it's still a fully lugged frame, when a lot of mass production steel and aluminum frames from that time, we're starting to go lugless. Does not always mean the frame 8s stronger than a lugless frame, but it certainly makes this steel frame look much nicer than plain looking lugless frames.....
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