Thx. It is probably the most satisfying and complete restoration I've done so far. I found myself waking up thinking, 'oh boy, I get to work on the Peugeot today!'

Call me crazy, but a few weeks later, I bought another in similar condition (blue this time), and started stripping the parts off yesterday. I just stumbled across it, didn't even need it. But I had such a hard time finding the first that I couldn't pass up the second. Funny thing - my Peugeot guru down the street was interested in the blue and proposed trading me a cleaner (less paint oxidization) white one just like yours. We're swapping the stripped frames/forks later in the week.

Oh yeah, my green one came with the same bars as yours, but drop bars never made sense to me on a mixte. I installed some inexpensive, but perfectly decent, generic 'North Road' style bars from the local LBS ($15), using the original Peugeot stem. Niagara Cycle Works has them (Pyramid brand). Then I added some generic mt. bike brake levers. Performance has some good ones, often on sale for $15 or so. These levers were salvaged from another wreak of a Peugeot I bought earlier in the year.

Btw, I'm sorta from Arkansas, my family at least - eastern Arkansas. I imagine you've got yourself a real unique ride for that part of the country!