Hi all, I just attained this Peugeot for a very good price (free). I have no idea of the age or quality of this frame. The rear stays are 460mm long, wheelbase is about 1070mm. It is equipped with cantilever brakes. it takes 700c wheels the paint is very faded and the stickers are not so readable. the model I can just make out written on the top tube- CAMBRIDGE. It also has made in France written on the chainstays and CAD on the seat tube. It has a triple front crankset which is a Shimano Altus C10. I don't know if this is stock or not. I have searched the net and bike forums It dosnt match anything I can find, It has no checkers and no rainbows. the serial number is - Y207 03964 It dosnt bear any resemblance at all to any 1982 models I can find, none of the components including the brakes seem from that era. Any information would be much appreciated.
thanks

THe presence of the cantilever bosses,DBS stickers and Unicrown fork, in conjunction with the serial number and Altus C10, indicate a 1993 entry level ATB model , specifically a Peugeot Dune, original price $369 US.

Toss some cheap wheels, components, rack n fenders and you'll have a nice commuter/sloppy rain beater.

I have the similar Altus C20 crank on my 1993 Raleigh C50 hybrid. In fact, my Raleigh specs out quite closely with how Peugeot originally spec'd your bike out.

https://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/S...=41855b+43234b

Looks alot like my '86-ish Mongoose ATB, which I'm building into a commuter/tourer. Those old ATB frames were basically beefy road frames with relaxed geometry. I'd suggest that you:
1. Take it apart, clean it up and inspect it for structurally significant rust (looks OK in the pics). Buy some LPS 3 rust preventative at Ace Hardware (cheaper than FrameSaver - 1 can will do 4-5 frames) and treat all the frame and fork internals.
2. The headset and bottom bracket races/spindles/cups/bearings might be rust-ruined. That just gives you an excuse to replace them with new cartridge bearing parts.
3. Find a good set of rim-brake only mtb wheels on your local CL for cheap. Lotsa folks are upgrading to disc brake wheels, so these are commonly available.
4. Put some skinny 26" slick (or nearly slick) tires on it.
5. Put drop bars on it, maybe some "offroad" drop bars like On One Midges, WTB Mountain Drops or Origin 8 Garys.
6. Ride it like you stole it (which you practically did - I had to pay a whopping $5 for mine!).
7. Have fun.
8. Eat your greens, stay in school, drink your milk, and call your mom at least once a week.

Cheers,

tcpasley

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thanks a lot for the replies. It seems hard to find information on Peugeot's, I thought it may be around the early nineties, If it is a dune they must have come out in a 700c version that was renamed a cambridge. The components certainly match with the dune. The model is a Cambridge. I thought this very funny name for a french bike, but upon following your links I also found a 'Churchill' also a funny name for a french bike. This maybe something for the Australian market I do not know. What I really would like to know is if it is full cromo forks and stays or just the main triangle. Also how sturdy is Peugeot's internal brazing system?
As for rust, yes excellent. The sun not the rain appears to be the culprit here. I almost passed this one by, thought it was just an old cheap mtb. Not sure what caught my eye but something niggled in my head and I had to go back for a closer look.
Once again thankyou for the replies

The serial number indicates the manufacturing year ends in a 2, but you have to deduce the decade. Peugeot was not making ATBs or hybrids in 1982 and unicrown forks didn't come into vogue until the late 1980s, so 1992 was the next possibility. Altus C10 was introduced for the 1993 model year, so that was a good fit for a 1993 model manufactured in late 1992.

I missed the 700C reference in your original post. That would make the equivalent US model a Panorma ($339 US), not a Dune. It was not unusual to have different model names for different markets, particularly when the country of origin was different. Most US market models during this era were made in Canada.

The bike in question is a European model circa '92-'93 but more than likely a '93 as T-Mar pointed out.

From '91 on anything Made in France was/is a non-U.S. model.

Thanks again guys. The frame size is 22.5 inch all the hybrids listed on bikepedia only went to 21.5 all the tourers were made in 22.5 and up to 23.5; my guess is for the American market at least all the hybrids had gone to a sloping toptube. With the huge wheels base it is defiantly tourer geometry, but it has a lack of bosses for panniers though on the rear stay it has the spoke holder and the bracket in the photo which I guess could be for a spare brake pad. Maybe a townie/workhorse type thing. Miamijim I was unable to find any info on the circa, I'm not sure but sometimes I wonder if anyone at google knows that Europe exists. Do you know much about the circa? I have a Peugeot venteux it is 501 but only 3 tubes, one of my friends has an old peugeot racer that he keeps for sentimental reasons, I was amazed when i picked it up and nearly put my back out. I didnt know you could get a racer that heavy. anyway I am interested in knowing all about this bike, or as much as I can so I appreciate the responses