1simplexnut

Hmmm yes , Will have a dig and see if I can get some orange easily . The other thought I had was a blue cloth tape .
Thanks for the input

VintageSteelEU

It was a dreadful thought though. Most definitely black or brown (orange) with this paint.

1simplexnut

Nice! Just a thought (now discarded ) cheers

VintageSteelEU

I briefly had blue hoods on a bicycle with similar colour scheme. They just didn't look right at all, it would only be much worse if the handlebar tape was blue as well. Could see that with a white / creme paintjob or brown, perhaps.
Currently I changed the hoods to honey / brown colour. Much better.

juvela

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Are the frames of the Peugeot cycles produced under license in Aotearoa done with metric or with ISO dimension standard?


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1simplexnut

Hi - quick check with the verniers 26mm top tube , 28mm seat tube ,25mm steerer
Seat post looks to be a 26.4mm . Bottom bracket not checked as yet . (feels ok)

I have a later one with chevron decal (1987ish) that I am pretty positive is not french thread .

All good fun .

somedodo

beautiful!

John D

Gitane Professional 1963, based on the Campy hub date codes.

Photo by R0ckh0und

gthomson

Was that the original colour? I am saving this image as I have a 1971 Gitane which is not a nice colour and this is what I would like to make it look like.

Portlandjim

Photo set here:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/iCvF8RjKigmkiqoZ7

This bike was hanging on the wall in Talbots Cyclery since it was new. It's never been ridden. I have never ridden it either! I installed different tires, and made a decaleur for the handlebar bag since I took these photos. 700C wheels, it's a sportif model with all the bells and whistles.

lionkok

soon I will
be able to show my bike

Hproduguidon

Bernard hinault type profil super vitus arcor de
1981

lutemake3 

What a beauty, PortlandJim! Wow, that is the stuff dreams are made of...

romperrr 

It's gorgeous is what it is. Lovely bike!

John D

Paint, and everything on the bike are original, except for maybe the tires.

Kabuki12

My $20 Motobecane Grand Sprint as found


After a fresh paint job and a few parts from my stash
A few hundred miles on this one , nice relaxed ride.

daverup 

Might as well post this one here too. My recently acquired 1975 Motobecane Grand Jubile Mixte.

Mike.delaney601

My 1970's Motobecane Mirage.

VintageSteelEU

Exactly what I was thinking about. I mean not your Mirage (though it's lovely). I was thinking whether getting Pletscher rear rack would work with mine (which also doesn't have braze-ons for a rack on the seatstays). Looks like it would
Are you able to use any panier bags with it?

bargo68 

My new (old) 1972 Peugeot PX50. So, I tried.... I really, really tried. I tried to talk myself out of buying this for the better part of a week. It showed up on SF CL and sat there. I did not need another french bike, but damn it's clean and almost all original! It has the Simplex chain guard, but I had to remove it as the delrin on the Simplex front derailleur was cracked. A Suntour Compe V is doing stand in duty until I source a fresh one.
Lighting is not currently working, so that will be a few new rabbit holes for me to go down. It has the original Michelin 650b tires and steel Rigida rims as well!
The irony inherent in this is that it was manufactured as an everyman's randonneuring bicycle, and I will most likely only use it for around town stuff.

bikemig 

That bike is beautiful. I dunno if I'd try to source another delrin FD though. I'd be tempted to keep the suntour FD and ditch the delrin downtube shifters.

bargo68 

I hear ya! It's kind of a slippery slope with bikes like this one. What's so cool is the OGness of it, but what's not cool is the rickety-assed Frenchness of some of the parts.
C'est la vie.

bikemig 

Agreed. Actually most of French parts are very good, just not the delrin shifters and front derailleur. I'd get an aluminum french front derailleur and shifters and call it a day.

bikemig 

I've probably posted these before but I have 2 French bikes I ride regularly and one I need to build. One thing I appreciate about French bikes is that it is relatively easy to mod the gearing. With my Peugeot PXN 10, I replaced the 144bcd stronglight 106 crank (which is a beautiful crank) with an 86 bcd stronglight crank of the same era running 50/38 rings. I swapped out the original 13-26 6 speed freewheel for a 14-28 freewheel as the simplex RD that came stock on the bike has plenty of capacity (it is rated up to 30 teeth). I had to adjust the RD a bit so it swung back a bit after I took these pics so the RD is not quite set up right (Simplex RDs have good adjustability). The Motobecane Grand Record has more than its share of paint crackling which is not unusual for this era Motobecane bike. I installed a Nervar crank with 50/36 rings and a 14-28 5 speed Suntour freewheel and replaced the campagnolo RD with a Suntour Vx RD. It's an upgrade over the campy which could handle the 14-28 if I shoved the wheel all the way back in the drop outs. One thing I appreciate about the 70s Moto GRs is how fat of a tire you can fit. I'm running 700 x 35c Schwalbe Mondial tires comfortably. I figure this bike will make a fine Cino rider if I ever make it up to MT to do that ride. The last bike is a 70s era Mercier 300 that I need to build one of these days.


1982 Peugeot PXN 10

Peugeot drivetrain

1973-4 Motobecane Grand Record

Motobecane drivetrain

Mercier300

juvela

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thanks very much for sharing this rare find with the forum

me guess would be that it was purchased overseas and brought back by a traveler

have never seen this model carried by a U.S. stockist

puhleeze lower stem before attempting to ride - serious safety risk with so little engagement with steerer

if stem needs to be that high for comfort that is fine; just replace with a taller one than what came OEM

the MAFAC guidonnet levers with their plastic are near to useless; if you would like to retain guidonnets suggest to change to the CLB which are much more robust & rigid


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