Need help with Puch bike
09-25-07 | 08:08 AM
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Need help with Puch bike
Hi there, I wanted some help figuring out more details about my Puch bike - build year, etc. I think it's an Everest from what's left of the sticker. It's a black 501 frame with gold writing.. BSI. 6102 / 1 .. I will try to put some pics up later today..
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Sacha
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Sacha
09-25-07 | 08:35 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
I have read that Reynolds 501 is straight-gauge CrMo tubing, well-suited to touring and general-purpose cycling. You have a decent mid-grade frame from Graz, Austria -- some of us around here are reportedly partial to Austrian bikes. 
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
09-25-07 | 09:41 AM
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Not necessarily straight-gauge, 501 can be DB or even single-butted, and it IS chrome-moly rather than the manganese-moly steel of 531. IIRC 501 was introduced in the early/mid '80s, so your Puch can be no earlier than that.
