identify this Peugeot
 

in my quest to replace my long gone Peugeot, I came across this one, owner has no clue on the model and doesn't know much about bikes

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=414742

It's a late 1970's Peugeot UO-8. It was an entry-level model in Peugeot's road bike lineup. It's heavy, has steel rims that aren't conducive to good braking, has cottered cranks that are kind of a bear to service without a cotter press and some know-how, and has French sized/threaded components that aren't compatible with non-French replacement parts. All that said, though, they have a following and a number of people praise their ride quality for being such a cheap bike. I have one and like it as an around-town bike.

UO-8's can often be had in the $100 ballpark or less, but that may not be such a bargain unless you've got a deep parts bin and plan to do a lot of work on the bike yourself. And speaking of work, just about any 30+ year old bike will need some wrenching. At the very least, cleaning and repacking bearing grease in the bottom bracket, headset, and hubs. Cables, housings, and brake pads may need replacing, too.

[EDIT] PS: The stem looks like it might be adjusted dangerously high, as if the Ava "death stem" used on a number of UO-8's didn't already have a bad enough reputation for sudden catastrophic failure...

The shifters appear to be mounted ridiculously low.

thanks all for the quick reply, knew it be an easy one for you
I'll pass this one

Those downtube shifters are extremely far down IMO

No disagreements with anything here, but I wanted to provide a lonely contrarian voice: