photokid03

Hello,

I recently purchased a bicycle from a local store. The store had no information on what it was because somebody had removed all of the markings. I believe that it is a 1975 (+ or - 2) Peugeot, but I would love to hear your opinion on what it might be. Cassete and shifters are made by sun tour, cogs, cranks, and pedals are made by sugino, and brakes and brake levers are made by dia-compe.

juvela

looks to be a rock bottom asian machine from the early 1970's. no hint of peugeotness to be viewed. value very modest.

oddjob2

That photo is pretty useless. Take the bike outdoors in daylight, shoot the drive side of the bike, some of the components, the headtube, lugs, cranks, derailleurs, pedals, etc., then we might have a chance.

thumpism 

Agreed. At the very least, Peugeots of that era would have had different brakes and brake levers and would not have come with safety levers. This one could have been modified but it seems unlikely. Looks original except for the seat, whatever brand bike it is. More and better photos might help us determine what it is.

Lascauxcaveman 

Yeah, @photokid03, live up to your screen name and shoot us some purty pictures! Seriously, closeups of the the shiny bits and pieces and places where one pipe screws into another pipe is how our panel of experts perform their magic.

Welcome to the forums!

oldbikenewbike

You should know better than to show the wrong side of the bike...looking at the crank might help a bit, along with the derailleur...

photokid03

Just uploaded more photos and details.

The Golden Boy 

It's a lower end offering.

The big clues are the "turkey wing" brake levers, the band clamp shifters, and Suntour Honor components.

While I like the safety levers on some bikes, they didn't often come on very nice bikes.

While older, fine bikes came with band clamp shifters- by the 70s, most good bikes had brazed on shifters.

While all of Suntour's offerings shifted and performed well, the Honor was the entry level piece. It's a good functioning piece, but it's relatively heavy compared to the higher end Suntour derailleurs.


All that being said, it's not a bottom of the barrel bike. It'll probably ride quite nicely.

juvela

thank you photokid03 for the additional imagery.

that akisu fork, plate style bridge and five piece solid axle steel hubs are real tellers.

machine has a low two figure value and does not merit much investment of work or treasure.

photokid03

Just thought that I would add that there is evidence of branding being there at one point.

juvela

hello photokid03,

thank you for this additional information. unsure what you mean by "evidence of branding." do you mean that you can see where transfers formerly abided? or do you mean something other?

photokid03

There is adhesive residue from stickers.

juvela

sometimes the adhesive will carry a "ghost image" of the writing which was on the transfers.

it may look like there is something there but it is unreadable. one technique you could try would be to dust the adhesive areas with carbon black, a pulverised charcoal briquet would do the job. brush gently with a soft brush such as is used for makeup. the particles will stick to the adhesive and something may come visible.

sometimes a bicycle's serial number and its placement can contribute to an identification. there are forum readers knowledgeable regarding serial numbers who may to able to contribute observations.

would expect it highly likely that the bicycle represents a case of private labelling: a contract build done for a particular distributor or chain store.

do not know how great your interest in this subject of identification. you may not wish to pursue matters this far...

photokid03

Thank you everybody for the input. I will follow through with my plan of restoring it and using it as an everyday bike.