Originally Posted by
indycycling
Best I can tell it's a PR10 as there is a small remnant of the Reynolds 531 decal on the seat tube. BB # is 0542867, indicating 7 digits and a '70's frame, with "0" suggesting 1970. Square head badge says it's '71 as do rest of the decals match up from what I've found on line.
Stronglight crank, pedals, Mafac brake calipers, Ideale saddle, Normandy large flange hubs, and Simplex bits like drop outs, skewers, top tube cable guides, and derailleur cable guides all look right for the model. Suntour shifters and derailleurs are period correct, but are not original. Shimano brake levers gotta go.
Original paint and decals, will need clean and detail. Not sure what my plan is here. I bought it because my very first nice real 10 speed when I was a kid was a white Peugeot.
Very, very nice bike. I rebuilt a similar era
PR 10 last summer (mine is a mid 70s) from a frame set I picked up.
'71 Peugeot PR 10: the good and the ugly
I'd lose those brake levers and get some mafacs. If you put up a WTB in the C&V sales forum, someone will sell them to you. Rustines makes hoods for them including the half hoods which are, I think, cool. The bike obviously needs a complete overhaul.
You'll have a few tough decisions. One is whether you want to keep the tubulars or go with clinchers. Tubulars are nice and you don't have to pay a bomb for them but you have to deal with gluing them on. The other is whether or not you want to go with simplex derailleurs. I did on my build and I got lucky finding some but they can be expensive especially if you want long cage ones. Personally I'd keep those derailleurs. They're period correct and they work better than the simplex ones will.
Welcome to the
PR 10 club! And once you've fixed it up, you can post pics here,
Show your French bikes!
You can get a reproduction 531 sticker here
http://www.velocals.com/