Originally Posted by
prettyshady
I think so too, but it is rather old (and french) also it has cottered cranks.
UO-8's don't ride quite the same as a whippy 531 French machine - for the non-Francophiles, they're quite nice riders.
Cottered cranks? Big deal - one can make a homemade extractor (shown previously here on this forum) if they wish, and swap the spindle for cotterless. Problem "sa-olved," as Inspector Clouseau would say.
-Kurt