Originally Posted by
Gotte
Already stripped, resprayed and rebuilt. I only ask as when I took her out, I noticed a bit of play in the BB, and wondered about replacing it, or rather, how difficult it would be to replace.
Here's a pic of it rebuilt, not that it's much help, but it's a nice bike.
I don't suppose this is of any help, is it?
It is the left side of the BB, despite the funny angle.
By the late 80's Peugeot had fully adopted ISO standards but prior to that they briefly used Swiss and French cups (at the same time)... any pre-80's Pug is going to have French threaded cups.
Your bike appears to be an early to mid 80's model with a French threaded cup (?)... the lack of lugs points a later build as well but the repaint and lack of badges and decals makes an id harder.
If can recall the colour scheme before the repaint or have a pre-rebuild pic that would really help pin down the year.
The nice thing is that these cups were well made and can often be re-used with new bearings and a cotterless spindle to allow the use of modern cranks.
When and if you remove the fixed cup you will know exactly what you have... as already stated, French and Swiss cups have the same threading but have reversed threads.
And finally... that is a fine looking bike you have there...well done.