First off, congrats on tying the knot! And welcome back.
Originally Posted by
fcboyd
Interesting... that makes me realize that the brakes on my bike don't exactly match the '82 brochure. This one has Wienmann center pull brakes with the Peugeot logo on them. It's interesting because everything matches except for the brakes. Thanks for the info!
Please take the catalogs at face value, or consider looking =/- 1yr in either direction, sometimes small changes were made.
To nail down the year, check for the stamped serial, normally under the BB shell. 1st character is usually a letter. 2nd digit is a number indicating the last digit of the year. 3rd and 4th together comprise the month of manufacture. If you have a bike on the cusp of the 1st or last quarter of the year (Jan/Feb/Mar or Oct/Nov/Dec) weird stuff can happen with regard to components. You should also be aware decals and equipment can have discrepancies between the regions. For example, if you look at a 1979 PX-10 in US catalogs, you'll probably find different decals than, say, the same in the 1979 France or Netherlands catalogs. Towards the late 80s, you start to see this with naming. Every other region may have the "Marseilles", for example, but you won't find Marseilles in France, why would they name a bike after an iconic city of their own country?
Anyway, post up some pics. We may be able to help nail it down or explain. Could just be the buyer had the shop retrofit also. Never know, it's decades old.
If you ever come up short on something French and don't want to pay to ship, happy to meet you halfway. I've done similar for BF'ers in Chattanooga TN and Anderson SC.