by "interesting choice" do you just mean a nontrendy choice?

drop bars are sensible because they offer a variety of hand positions at a variety of heights, so they let you position your arms (and therefor your torso, too) in several different ways.

track drops are another matter, but road drops set up at the height of the saddle are far from an oddity. it offers a comfy upright position as well as a more aggressive position.

This is the before pic of an early 70s Peugeot PX-10 that I snagged at a local junk store.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...s/P8130001.jpg

Here is the finished bike with Bluemel fenders painted to match.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...0/P4040004.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...0/P4040002.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...0/P4040008.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...0/P4040007.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...0/P4040001.jpg

Very classy!

sweet headtube. how much did you snag it for?

im not knocking the bike or the road bars, i run road bars too! just saying i found the stem choice a little bit off-putting for me, not what id have gone with.

if i was a trend-hunter i wouldnt care about the stem, i just yell arrospok and RISERS!!! WHERES UR TOPTUBE PRTEKTR??!?!?!

but i aint like dat. its a nice bike, im simply not in love with the stem.

i am finished, seats may be taken, punch will be served.

/ that bike is lovely, the cream on red is brilliant

$5.00

dang. i'mma have to scrounge the shops around here more. i loved working on this bike. fixing up and selling stuff would be a cool hobby.





here's some more pics. flash was off and i'm caffeinated w/shaky hands. haha.


http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...efinished7.jpg

chainline straighter than i could have hoped for.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...efinished8.jpg

evidence of my clumsy handling of the freshly painted bike and my poor masking job.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...efinished6.jpg

tektro super ultra holycrap longreach brakes. pretty sure that's what R556 stands for.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...efinished5.jpg

fsa vero. 44/17
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...efinished4.jpg

207g racing mountainbike saddle... because... why not? obv makes my bike go faster. (i will admit i got this because it's pretty. it's also really comfortable too and i got a helluva deal.)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...efinished3.jpg

narrow handlebars. some bontragger wrap that was on sale and some cheap tektro levers.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...efinished2.jpg

pure class, Noah. really nice build on a sweet deal.

Great job on that peugeot!

I know you've probably learned your lesson, but come on. Would you have preferred risers with drops? People use drop bars for the shape, not just for the drop.

The Peugeot is stunning. Did you paint it yourself?

it never was about the bars dudes, it was about the stem. it looks fine, just thought it an interesting choice, just like a certain bike with a drop stem and riser bars looked good, but was still an interesting choice.

MOOT POINT. *goes to drop-drop bike and hugs her*

Both my bikes my drops bars with riser stems. Function over fashion with a bad back.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1207778566

And the mtb with dirt drops.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1207778639

I love my fixed wheel bike, so simple.
Do about 6,000 miles per year on the fixed and a similar amount on the gear bikes including racing.

Thanks for that man. I just ordered a set from that same seller last night. Can't wait to get them.

This is why living in LA sucks. Every single thrift store and garage sale has been picked clean.

Nice. Did you chrome the reat-stays yourself? Or was that under the paint? Inspiring...

To the untrained eye this looked like a typical junk store POS. The only reason I even looked twice at it was for the barend shifters. When I got up close I noticed the lugs and the simplex dropouts.

t was a Salvation Army and when I asked the sleepy clerk for the price she snapped that "all the bikes were $5 unless marked otherwise."

I used to get some great deals at junk stores in N Long Beach and a couple in Lynwood. Go early in the morning.

Chrome was well-protected under the crappy paint job.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...Trang/bike.jpg

my schwinn superior not amazing but it gets me around

I'll say it again. This thing rules. Did you do the paint yourself?

Are those criteriums 65-40s? I know they have less Drop but do they have a little more reach than track bars? I'm short and my 3TTT pistas are too deep so I think these may be perfect.

i don't think model 65's have more reach than track bars (their drop is 144mm). especially not the 3t track bars. those are really deep and have crazy reach too.

I guess this counts because it does have a fixed wheel on it, though i'm probably going to switch it to some freewheel pos soon.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/...ec89d453_b.jpg

lol, I see what you did there.