AZORCH

Here's one you won't see around here in the Midwest very often (if ever): a ca. 1973 Peugeot PR-10, pretty much original other than the clinchers which replaced the sew-ups. My neighbor is an expatriate from The Netherlands; this is his bike that he purchased new (has the original receipt and a dealer booklet!), brought with him to this country nearly forty years ago, and which has been with him ever since. It's been on the wall for quite a while and I'm helping him to get it back on the road - new cables and housing, new cloth wrap, tires and tubes. The BB and HS are being serviced, and the saddle is getting a little long overdue conditioning. (More photos to follow after the facelift is complete.)

Essthreetee

Oh man...my son LOVES the orange!!

rootboy 

I love that orange too! You don't see too many orange Peugeots. Great time capsule.

Narhay

Very nice. Hope the hubs are getting repacked as well.

ChicagoGOBLUE

Wow, GORGEOUS.

rootboy 

What kind of stem is that, Azorch?

AZORCH

Spokes are shot and many snapped. He prefers to err on the side of confidence and safety and we're going to get him some new wheels that are respectful of the bike's heritage. He's also moving to a more comfortable width of 28. I anticipate three or four miles a day tops, along paved cycling paths in town; he wants to savor a bike that he once puts miles and miles in on.

I'll check out the hubs and rims afterwards to see if we can't save them.

AZORCH

AVA.

We're looking into a cockpit option for him. Given the amount and type of riding he'll be doing, he's likely to experience no problems with the current kit. (Well, at least until the Delrin on the FD disintegrates! I have a replacement FD and RD for him sans-Delrin. He's deliberating: wistful fondness for the original pieces or confidence in a little Simplex upgrade. Same story with the AVA stem.

The Golden Boy 

... and your infamously beautiful Boulder is lurking back there...

AZORCH

You should see the Paramount and Gazelle goodness that's hanging directly above it, along with a new KOF 650b member of the stable that just arrived this morning...

The Golden Boy 

I enjoy your Blog. Thank you for doing it.

romperrr 

yes, indeed great looking bike for: condition, color, all of it.

And good on you for helping your neighbor out. I respect that you're willing to employ your expertise and spend your time helping someone else rehab their bike. No doubt you realize how grateful he is. It's always great to see such a beautifully built bike back on the road.

Ride on!

onespeedbiker

Not all the AVA stems were prone to breaking. The problem design had 2 longer than necessary expander slots. Also while not all the Ava stems with the back of the top section open are "Death Stems", all the Death Stems had the back of the top stem open. Ava changed the design to one shorter expander slot that remedied the problem. The stem on your PR-10 is not the death stem as seen below.

eschlwc

^ mine might be, though the clamp area is much prettier than the stem pictured.

i'm building a '74ish pr10 also (in white), and after careful consideration, i put the original ava stem back on there. if it's lasted this long ...

unfortunately, i cannot say the same for the plastic rd and piston-type fd. to the recycling bin!

auchencrow

Absolutely beautiful bike @AZORCH. Your neighbor was wise to preserve it so well for all these years.

I've often wondered... Why is that so many terrific bikes were not marketed here? Are we chopped liver or what?

Grand Bois

The PR10 was sold here. We sold a few of them at the shop where I worked. They were a bargain compared to the other decent bikes in the store. The owner only ordered white ones because it was the most popular color. Only one PX10 sold while I worked there and I was the buyer. It was white, of course.

Uncle Randy

Great looking bike! One of these days I'll get a Peugeot.

eschlwc

interesting thing i found out this week while buidling my '74ish pr10 ...

i can't remove the 27" rear wheel with its inflated 1" pasela unless i deflate most of its air. in the drops, there's only a cm of space between tire and stay bridge, which isn't enough to clear the drops upon wheel removal with a fully inflated tire.

this is my first experience with this issue ... ever. and it's not a big deal unless i experienced a flat out on the road and forgot this little fact before i used my last co2 cartridge to inflate the tire with the wheel off the frame.

since the front brake reach is near its bottom, i assume the bike came equipped with 27" rims. but maybe my front fork is unoriginal.?.

.

edit: things are as they seem. my fork is probably unoriginal, 'cause the catalog page says it came with tubulars. this would explain the rear tire dismount clearance.

kehomer

Very clean looking 1973. Looks like the original saddle, an Ideale 90. If the owner is going to upgrade, I think the Simplex Super LJ derailleurs would be an obvious choice. I upgraded my '73 PR-10 with F/R Super LJs. Certainly one of the best looking and touted as one of the best performing derailleurs of the 80's.

Can't help it. Got to post this picture of my PR-10. Bought it new in 1973. My second major purchase after getting back from Vietnam. I made this picture after powder coating in 2005. It was originally white/black.

[IMG][/IMG]

AZORCH

Nostalgia is running high with my neighbor; he really wants to leave as much of the original bike intact as possible. I totally get that. Right now, we're just waiting for the "consumables" to arrive and then we'll get this baby back on the road.

BTW, that's a great looking bike, kehomer.

inkandsilver

That is a beautiful bike - and he's lucky to have such a knowledgeable and helpful neighbor!

jyl

Why not rebuild the original hubs and rims with new spokes? The bike will lose a lot of its "look" if the high flange hubs are tossed. Also you avoid any need to spread the stays, and any possible issue w/ 27" vs 700C.

AZORCH

I suggested that, but he'd like to get new wheels to feel safe. I will likely go ahead and rebuild his wheels afterwards, if he'll pop for the spokes. 700c is a non-issue: he already has 700c clinchers on the bike. (He's not sure where his sew ups went over the years.) And since these wheels are not original anyway, it's a little less of an issue. We've found some wheels for him that are mostly sympathetic to the overall aesthetic of this era of French bike.