Originally Posted by
unworthy1
Is that a (cracked) hardwood plug up the fork steerer base?
Also a French detail, more often Peugeot than any other French make, but others DID use them, too...for "safety"...
And what make are the semi-vertical dropouts? they look to have been subjected to some grinding, do they match the fork-ends?
Hi - yes appears to be hardwood .
No makers name on dropouts . front are the same but without the chrome loss .