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Originally Posted by tiredhands
(Post 20046959)
I spotted this last week at the junkyard and couldn't stop thinking about it all week. I was hoping it would be older, but its probably a late 60s - early 70s Peugeot PE41. It may not be special in the larger world of vintage bikes, but stuff like this doesn't come around often in my town. It'll be an exercise in advanced rust removal, if not futility. Seatpost is steel, so that's out, but the stem's not moving. Challenge accepted!
If the frame turns out to be salvageable, I'm going to rely on you guys to help me find the parts to put it back together! https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4547/...9f5d4334_c.jpg Congratulations on the find of this rare-in-the-U.S. model! :) Are the brake calipers Weinmann Symmetric? wrt dating - This model of Prestige shift lever first appears in a Juy catalogue of 1970. Bicycles fitted with it did not enter the U.S. market prior to 1971. The Prestige model rear mech is contemporaneous. It will be marked with a date on the back side of the inner cage plate. See illustration below. The cycle's Rigida SUPERCHROMIX rims have small diamond symbols next to the name. There may be a two digit number inside the diamond. This is the year of manufacture. |
Originally Posted by juvela
(Post 20058488)
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Congratulations on the find of this rare-in-the-U.S. model! :) Are the brake calipers Weinmann Symmetric? wrt dating - This model of Prestige shift lever first appears in a Juy catalogue of 1970. Bicycles fitted with it did not enter the U.S. market prior to 1971. The Prestige model rear mech is contemporaneous. It will be marked with a date on the back side of the inner cage plate. See illustration below. The cycle's Rigida SUPERCHROMIX rims have small diamond symbols next to the name. There may be a two digit number inside the diamond. This is the year of manufacture. And yep, they are Weinmann Symmetric brakes. |
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Yes [MENTION=395146]tiredhands[/MENTION], sounds like it was built for the domestic european market. Perhaps originally purchased by a traveler or member of the armed forces. ----- |
No pics but a story. Took a driving trip recently to visit my MIL. I stopped at the local library to pick up a couple movies. Outside I saw a cool old Univega touring bike so naturally I paused to gawk for a minute, and just then a guy walked out the door, looked at me and said "Are you a bike guy?" "Well, sure," I said, thinking he was going to try to sell me the bike, which would have been an easy "no" as it was way too big and I had a 1200 mile drive home. Instead he said "Someone gave me some bike wheels, and I have nothing to do with them. They look pretty nice. Do you want them? Otherwise they will likely get tossed." That was an easy yes. So I went to see what they were (low expectations of course) and came home with 3 free wheelsets - 600 hubs with nice 27" Mavic rims; Sante hubs with mis-matched rims; Dura Ace hubs with Mavic tubular rims.
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Originally Posted by Murray Missile
(Post 20058357)
:lol: Well, there IS that! BUt it usually means, "Your Mileage May Vary." :) Yeah, the aluminum foil really works, I was a skeptic for a long time and then figured I'd give it a try, wish I'd given in years ago.
The vinegar / aluminum foil worked very well and I got the shafts back to relatively gleaming and smooth within 15 minutes of soak and rub/dab work. I'll be very interested to try this out on the chrome parts on a corroded and long suffering garaged Raleigh Professional and an Italvega Super Speciale that has some rusty areas on DT and TT.
Originally Posted by due ruote
(Post 20060602)
No pics but a story. Took a driving trip recently to visit my MIL. I stopped at the local library to pick up a couple movies. Outside I saw a cool old Univega touring bike so naturally I paused to gawk for a minute, and just then a guy walked out the door, looked at me and said "Are you a bike guy?" "Well, sure," I said, thinking he was going to try to sell me the bike, which would have been an easy "no" as it was way too big and I had a 1200 mile drive home. Instead he said "Someone gave me some bike wheels, and I have nothing to do with them. They look pretty nice. Do you want them? Otherwise they will likely get tossed." That was an easy yes. So I went to see what they were (low expectations of course) and came home with 3 free wheelsets - 600 hubs with nice 27" Mavic rims; Sante hubs with mis-matched rims; Dura Ace hubs with Mavic tubular rims.
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Originally Posted by mech986
(Post 20060667)
The vinegar / aluminum foil worked very well and I got the shafts back to relatively gleaming and smooth within 15 minutes of soak and rub/dab work. I'll be very interested to try this out on the chrome parts on a corroded and long suffering garaged Raleigh Professional and an Italvega Super Speciale that has some rusty areas on DT and TT.
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picked this up as a new donation at the co-op. it has rust around the cable guides and is filthy. it has a complete set of arabesque 600 components except for the headset and maybe the hubs. the tube badge says miyata champion. i am guessing this is a 912. i will post more later.
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Did you just get yourself another orange bike?
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Originally Posted by 3speedslow
(Post 20062415)
Did you just get yourself another orange bike?
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Originally Posted by 52telecaster
(Post 20062454)
it was only 25.00. i may need an intervention.
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Originally Posted by hazetguy
(Post 20062568)
I picked up this Trek 660, listed on CL as a "training bike". Rescued it from a local resale shop.
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Pretty cool find. Seems like a sturdy trainer set-up. I have a back wheel trainer and don't really like it. That yellow tape is awesome.
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Love that bartape. Easy to clean and usually colourful. I have been working through a few packs of white/blue dot stuff that were still in their original package. Early 90's.
Your bike rocks! Hope you got the front wheel. That old trainer makes an awesome bike stand for wrenching. |
Originally Posted by 52telecaster
(Post 20062384)
picked this up as a new donation at the co-op. it has rust around the cable guides and is filthy. it has a complete set of arabesque 600 components except for the headset and maybe the hubs. the tube badge says miyata champion. i am guessing this is a 912. i will post more later.
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Originally Posted by *Scuba
(Post 20063645)
Would you want an Shimano 600 arabesque headset to match? I think I saw one at my local bicycle co-op when I was volunteering last time. If you need one, let me know and I will go check for you.
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Originally Posted by 52telecaster
(Post 20063722)
thanks for the offer but i think i will pass. i have a million things to do right now and dont even know why i am buying bikes....
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Great score on the Trek!! That's a real 80's collection of components you've got; Modolo Speedy brakes, bendy plastic Modolo shifters, Ofmega Mistral crank. What are the rest of the components? The saddle looks very familiar, but I can't place it.
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That's an old Vetta trainer - mine had a full-sized pic of LeMond using it. Don't remember what I ever did with the thing.
Originally Posted by Kdogbikes
(Post 20063212)
Pretty cool find. Seems like a sturdy trainer set-up. I have a back wheel trainer and don't really like it. That yellow tape is awesome.
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Wow, I didn't realize Trek fitted those components, that was a cool year!
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the miyata made it inside. i swapped the chainrings from 52-42 to 46-38. also its a 6 speed cassette with the screw on little cog. it was originally 13-24 but i have made that 13--15-17-20-24-28 from my collection of ancient junk that no one else wants. i should be able to make it up all the river front hills with that combo and the arabesque 600 drivetrain doesnt seem to mind a bit. i currently have 28's on it and it looks like 32's and fenders would be easily doable. man i am digging this bike!
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Needed a wheelset and crankset for an old lugged Kuwahara I'm building up as a commuter. Goodwill delivered, with this wacky '95 Proflex for $25. Super solid STX/Mavic wheelset and a decent Sugino crankset, and lots of other odds and ends to salvage.
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Nothing special, but I saved this Mavic Crossmax front wheel from a freebie POS Roadmaster. Nice sealed bearings. Added to my mtb spares:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4692/...633af0bd_c.jpgIMG_3097 by 2cam16, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4726/...6e504130_c.jpgIMG_3098 by 2cam16, on Flickr |
Got this freebie today. Just your typical Japanese department store bike. I like the color though.
Future rebuild. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4727/...8177f106_c.jpgIMG_3130 by 2cam16, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4596/...bf926d95_c.jpgIMG_3131 by 2cam16, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4644/...25e605cd_c.jpgIMG_3132 by 2cam16, on Flickr |
Originally Posted by 2cam16
(Post 20075166)
Got this freebie today. Just your typical Japanese department store bike. I like the color though.
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Originally Posted by Don Buska
(Post 20075296)
That would be a perfect bike for my town as I live in KENOsha, Wisconsin :lol:
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