Unloved uo8,s !
 

We all know them,we all dont bother, some of us have them (but wont admit it,lol) but after seeing Kommisar89,s post I realized we dont give the humble "uo8" the respect it deserves, so I,m building mine up ! If anybody is proud of their "uo8,s" plz put your pic,s up and lets shout "I love my Pug" ! :thumb:

Alas they do seem to be lonely and unloved. But I like them :)

I was just thinking of a friend's Peugeot from the High School days (early to mid 70's)... I have no idea what model it was, just that it was a Peugeot, but with what I know now, I could safely say it was probably a U08, and I always wanted one like his because it was better than anything I owned at the time.

I would still not object to having one in the stable.

I have a big ol UO8 that is about 25 or 26". I was getting it running for a co worker to ride in the MS 150 with me later this year, but I think he'll be taking the Miyata instead. So I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, but I bet it will include Little Darwin seeing it on CL soon :).

Mine is loved; I've posted it many times here. It's been set up as a bar-hopper fixie for many years, predating the hipster virus. I tinker with it now and again because it's such a great ride. It is what it is: a great all-purpose frame. Those who dis them either have problems getting their head around the whole french thing, have never ridden one, or, more likely, both. Those of us who have ridden them-- even those of us who own bikes with better pedigrees-- seem to like them a lot.
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...5&d=1196888725

Unloved? I have one purple one, two white ones, and a green one. They are spread out in years between late 60's to mid 70's. The earlier ones had no safety levers and a very small front chainring for the time, 36t. The newer ones moved up to 40t.

They are on Craigslist pretty frequently. Parts are not that hard to find. There are college kids converting them to fixed gear leaving derailleurs and other parts available.

The only changes I tend to make are to keep the original Rigida wheelset and cogset, but I have alloy wheelsets with different cogs that I use depending on the kind of riding I plan to do.

My wife's UO8... great color!

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...7/P6030008.jpg

My UO-8 from a year ago. I love it. I ride it every day commuting and on weekends for fun. It's substantially different now, but I'll post that in another thread when I take pics.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/relistan/RrD4dj...jpg?imgmax=800
http://lh4.ggpht.com/relistan/RrD4pD...jpg?imgmax=576
http://lh4.ggpht.com/relistan/RrD47D...jpg?imgmax=576

I think that's technically a UE-18 but essentially the same bike. Very nice I might add. Love those white pannier bags. The long cage derailleur is a nice touch too. I'd love to build something like that for my wife. If only I could get her to ride a bike. :)

What's the bcd on that Nervar crank? Looks really small - similar to the one on my Bottecchia but I'm sure it's a smaller bcd. Mine is 128mm. Or is that like a 65t big ring? :)

Love that mixte !

http://chainringtransitauthority.com Gives much love to the gas-pipe Pugs, his work has inspired me to build up a U08 I've had for a long time. It won't be with phil wood though, I can spare some love, but not that much love. If you can navigate to his flickr account it's got more going on than the website itself.

I love that green one!
Here's mine. Like I said, I can't decide what to do with it..

http://www.brian-payne.com/gallery/m...serialNumber=1

This is my old college bike, bought it new in 1975. I am going to replace the turkey wings with Aero levers, and get some wire bead tires on it, as the Araya alloy rims I have on it are unhooked.

The bike sat idle for 31 years, stored under the deck, in a garage, in a basement. Needless to say, it was in need of some attention.... I pulled it out Jan 08 to resurrect it.

The parts are the same as when I parked it in 1977, except I bought some cheap simplex shift levers (NOS) off ebay. That was easier than trying to clean the original ones.


This was my first rebuild/restore project. I have since done about 10 bikes.

I can't spare that much love either but it was worth checking that site out just to find this: http://chainringtransitauthority.com.../hp_rims.shtml

Hey,
I finally figured out how to link to a photo.
Here's this confounded Peugoet that I built for my wife. I found the frame, fork and bars at the local metal recycler and brought it home thinking I'd clean it up and ebay it.
I was trying not to let my wife notice, not for the usual reason but because she loves anything French. Sure enough, she caught me and said,"Ooh are you going to fix that one up for my birthday?"
Shoot. now I have to restore the bloody thing. It fought me every step of the way too.
Well there's parts from 5 bikes in this one. dimpled steel wheels, ridged Hutchinson tires, little white rubbers on the shifters that match the little white plastic brake levers and grips.
Well it's to tall for her.
Back to the steel mill for something smaller.

Unloved? Where?

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...ikes/UO-81.jpg

The day I picked this one up, I wasn't even looking for a bike - but it was still in good condition, sitting out in a yard slowly deteriorating, and there was no way I was going to let it go to hell. No, I don't ride it nearly as much as the rest of the stable (250 miles this year, vs., 400 minimum for any of the others), but it still gets ridden and is well appreciated. And even though I could use the wall space, I refuse to sell it - at least until this fixie craze finally dies out. This bike's in too nice a shape to sell to some VCU student to hack.

This is starting to sound like a reprise of this past Sunday morning at Ashland Coffee and Tea. :thumb:

OK, its taken awhile for me to get some pics of my UO8 but here she is ,still fixing her up, made 1 good derailluer out of 3,front wheel is an Araya (yeah I know its cheating) still looking for Mavics,she aint finished yet but here she is ![IMG]http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...o/mypug002.jpg[/IMG]http://[IMG]http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...o/mypug003.jpg[/IMG]i139.photobucket.com/albums/q299/ozneddy_photo/mypug001.jpg[/IMG][/IMG]

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here's my 1980 UO-9

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...peugeot002.jpg

I have a '78 UO8 sitting in storage waiting to be restored this winter.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...t/Mvc-068f.jpg