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Old 01-30-07 | 12:22 PM
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mascher
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Originally Posted by LóFarkas
Originally Posted by ieatrats
cheap Canadian brands (Peugeot)
Huh?
Peugeot is probably the most common brand of totally junk older bike you'll find in Canada along with Velo Sport, especially Quebec - except for the fancy one (UO-10?) and maaaaaybe the cheaper version of that one, I've never ever seen one that was anything but gaspipe tubing with junk components, and I've seen a lot of these bikes. I had a UO-8 (at least going by the decals) in my backyard that I was going to use because it was my size more or less, and man that was a heavy bike, it had to be a 9 or 10 pound frame if my Surly is 5 or 6. I would guess that they made the one or two really nice models in France until the mid 70s, then everything was "made in Canada" Peugeot rebranded Canadian Tire bikes.

A couple years ago the big Cdn rebrander started using the name again for a range of low-end bikes along with Miele. All junk.
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