I just picked this up for $25. I looked around online and it looks to be a mid to late 70s era. It came with a cottered steel crank, steel seatpost, and Atax stem, the rest had been striped long ago. I'm guessing its a standard U-08 or something mass produced, the serial # is B7 ****. Also I would like to know if I could just swap out the cottered spindle for a square taper with caged bearings while using the existing French cups? Does anyone know I can swap the loose headset bearings for caged bearings as well?

I apologize in advance for my phone focusing on the background instead of the frame. I didn't notice until I linked the pics here.

Thanks

You will definitely need different cups to use the square taper spindle. I did this on my U08 and used a new French thread cup and bearings set. It works great.

[MENTION=384048]greg3rd48[/MENTION]: I don't think you need new cups - mine is a bit older than the frame shown but I used my original cups with (I think) a 68mm spindle and its been fine.
[MENTION=364362]Antieverything[/MENTION]: not sure exactly what yours is but it doesn't have the Aztec style lugs so its later 70s; but it does have nice lugs so not one of the internally brazed frames...no chrome on the fork so possibly the successor to the AO-8?

Thanks that is a good pieceof information. I was told by quite a few that there would be issues doing that but I guess not in all cases.

Might be tough finding the Simplex shifter for that frame. It's an odd one in that it has a band clamp with a left shifter and a hole on the right side that wraps the existing braze-on, and a separate shifter for the right side to fit on that braze-on.
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Those shifters are not hard to find. Neither are the superior Criterium shifters with the same band.

Antieverything-

It looks like a P 10 or PA 10. Those had sportier geometry than the UO 8/AO 8 designs and either the stamped rear dropouts like yours or forged Simplexes. Frame is standard plain gauge Peugeot made hi-tensile tubing. It would have been standard with Normandy HF QR hubs with tubular rims and tires. They made a cool entry level club/racing bike.

Thanks guys! I'm still debating on how to build this frame. I wish I had gotten it a few years ago, before the rust on the chrome ️️crankset and pedals started flaking the chrome off. I might build it as a single speed so I don't have to deal with sourcing period parts or just hang this on the wall next to the PH-6 which is giving me fits locating a decently priced seatpost. It was a little on the big side in terms of sizing but I figured, french bike-french fit right? The price couldn't be turned down though.

Anyone have a opinion on value? Worth restoring or just build it/hang it? Whatever the value it'll just stay in the collection as I am unwilling to build to sell anymore.

I'm not a big fan of the heavier peugeot frames (I imagine many people aren't!). If I just wanted a project I'd probably turn it into like a single speed.

My thoughts exactly! I was tossing the idea to build both Pugs into singles that share the same wheelset. There's a Sun wheelset on the Bay that would look nice! Might even keep the steel cottered crankset on this one. Too bad the Mafac brakes are missing.

Thanks for the tip, searching for a P10 gave me this site https://www.peugeotshow.com/1976nl/1976nl_15.jpg which shows the closest match yet. 77ish P10, it's good to know the lineage.