Duke7777

VintageRide - the Peschi looks stunning. I can hardly believe you built this beauty from that pile of junky parts I sold you.

VintageRide

I really appreciate the comments - outside of some wider handlebars and possibly trying some blue cloth tape I am quite happy with the bike - actually some wider tubular tires would be nice as well, but all things considered it is reasonably comfortable as is. The paint certainly has a very interesting translucent quality which changes depending on how much light there is ( certainly looks good from a few feet away ). And Duke7777 I have to remind myself to get to your place this week - talked to you at that Show and Shine in Richmond about doing so and promptly forgot! I will email shortly. Looking at your Metropole certainly shows how nice the better French bikes can look, the Peschi seeming a bit underwhelming in comparison! Still, where would we be without such a wide diversity - keeps it all much more interesting at least.

clasher

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This is my PLX-10, it's either from the late 50s or early 60s apparently. I bought it from a forum member and cleaned it all up. It didn't come with a derailleur and the rear hub was a flip-flop so I set it up with a VO 50.4 ring and use it occasionally as a single speed. I think an appropriate derailleur would run me more money than I put into the bike. Unfortunately the fork threads are damaged but I have 25x1 die that I'm gonna try and use to clean them up so the headset will stay tightened.



This is my other French bike, maybe it's a PX-10. I got it for 80$ and it came with Campagnolo Record hubs laced to tubular rims. I rebuilt them with stainless spokes and serviced the rest of the bike. I got repro hoods from a forum member too. I should get a more recent picture as I've thrown one of those sweet stronglight triple-izers on the front and a long cage shimano crane (blasphemous but I got 2 of them for less than half of what similar simplex go for). I did slice the rear tubular but it didn't puncture the tube, so I put some pliobond in there and I ride the bike around just waiting for the inevitable flat... but maybe this year I'll buy a pair of those 30mm bianca strada tires for this bike since it's got generous clearances.

dparham

Ok here is my New French Bike! $100 Thrifty Store Find! ! Full Dura-ace components except ( 105 STI bar shifters but all dura ace derailleurs! ) ! tubes good but tires shot ! lol Vitus Cilo ! Im guessing early 90s?
wheels are Dura-Ace Hub on Mavic GP4 rims...

Chombi

IIRC, Cilo is a Swiss brand, but they bought Vitus 979 framesets to re-badge as their product during the 80's....

dparham

well maybe Ill take the CILO off! lol then its a french bike!! haha But yeah I read that when looking up info ... wasn't sure how it would be posted..lol would you guess mine is 80s? or 90s?

Duke7777

This is a Special CNC race bike from about 1968 I believe. I have someone here on BF to thank for outing the frame, which was listed on ebay.de at a fairly reasonable buy-it-now price. I have a hunch these very nice CNCs of this vintage were made by Rene Andre, as I've seen frames with his name on them that have the same details. The "Salimbeni" on the top tube is presumably the name of the person who raced it, although the most successful racer with this name retired in the mid-50s.

non-fixie 

Prettiest bike I've seen in a long time. Thanks for bringing it in, Duke!

CMAW 

Gorgeous bike, fantastic color scheme! For maximum adoration, I'd put M.A.F.A.C levers on her, but that's just me.

greg3rd48 

@Duke7777 I have never seen nor heard of this brand. Stunning bike. It looks almost brand new.

repechage

A Very nice C.N.C. I have two, one unfortunately has the later vinyl stickers and not the hand painted down tube graphics.
Fortunately For buyers, these bikes are often overlooked. A friend way back lived in France and had a pair built for him. The top tier bikes are exceptionally clean, some with uncommon for French added effort. Drilled dropouts, extra lug Windows and trued up lug shoreline shapes. They built of Reynolds and or Vitus tubing.

CV-6 

I believe you have yourself a Carré built Special CNC. Very nice bike.

Chombi

Definitely an 80's bike.
It is still a French made bike despite the Cilo branding, plus you can always buy a replacement decal set at eBay where there!s lots for sale, if you ever want to turn it back into a Vitus.....
Frankly, I'd opt keep it a Cilo so it is different from the more "generic" 979 Vitus frames out there, if it were mine.....

dparham

Yeah I think I will keep it a CILO ... the downtube decals are terrible but the seat stay is good and id remove ones from head tube and forks and replace... I saw a set for 40 bucks! ouch! maybe Ill take em all off except the seat stay and leave it lol

repechage

If you keenly look at the stay ends, I think Rene Andre as mentioned may be closer. Carre is not the only one to use the oversized caps.
They also had some good builders in house at least in the 70's.

CV-6 

True as to the caps. However the assessment was based on the frame as a whole, not just the caps.

thomasgk327

My 1970's Peugeot, got it in '75 at college. Not sure which model. Frame and fork only original parts. Sugino Mighty crank, Suntour Cyclone front & rear deraillers, Shimano 105 brakes, SR Royal stem, handlebars & seatpost, Schwalbe tires, Interloc 5 sp freewheel, Serfas seat, Weinmann 27 x 1 alloy clinchers, Shimano SPD-R540 pedals & Zefal Competition pump.

Aurorabucky

On the right is my Peugeot UO8, and on the right is my Mercier restoration. Writing up reports on both. Takes awhile though!

Mister Fernand

My Paris-Tours

Kabuki12

Here is a 1971 Stella that was given to me . I took it all apart and cleaned and tweaked it back to niceness ! I have since put a nice Ideale Leather Saddle on her.

greg3rd48 

My '75-'76 Peugeot A08 that I converted to an upright townie this week.

DQRider 

What a beautiful bike.

C'est magnifique !

I am just learning about all the different French bikes out there, where does the A08 fit into Peugeot's lineup? There seem to be a bunch of white Pugs around here, I could buy one in my size on any given day it seems. One of these days I am going to. But for now, I get by with my Gitane Velo de Ville, called "Gypsy Bleu", which I have posted in here before. Having limited space for my collection, I have to be very picky about which bikes I take in.

greg3rd48 

@DQRider Thank you for the kudos! As far as I know the A08 is pretty much on par with the U08 but the fork is not chromed. Your Gitane is a beauty too and thankfully your prowess at photography captures this.

jimmuller 

As g34-8 suggested, the UO-8 and AO-8 were similar, same frame but less chrome on the AO-8. The AO-8 also had cheaper crank and wheels, still steel on both bikes though. It had solid, nutted, i.e. non-QR axles. It may have had a cheaper saddle too.

greg3rd48 

@jimmuller You are probably right. I tossed those steel wheels and crank in the recycling bin when I first tore this down. It is a much nicer ride now and a heck of a lot lighter.