Peugeot Appreciation Society
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby ldrcycles » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:46 pm
Sounds like fun . This one is sitting on the backburner for a little while, other stuff to do but i am keen to get her all sorted out, probably way too small for me to ride but very cute.spitfire wrote:I like the little folders, I just finished one for a friends child, the internal cable routing nearly did my head in...
Have fun and enjoy.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby koen » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:43 pm
I had the pleasure of talking to Mick Wilkinson about Peugeots today (March 2012) and got some of the story. He knows such a lot of history on the Australian bicycle industry and in particular Qld. Where to start?
A chap at Renault cars approached French Peugeot to sell Peugeot cycles in Australia. That was in the early 1970’s beginning out of Melbourne. The sales grew and the business was called Cycles Australia which, down the track, Mick ended up managing as the sales and manufacturing in Qld had grown by that time, other factors shifting the focus from Melbourne. Cycles Australia also made the Madison bikes and Goanna mtb’s very early in mtb history (mid ‘70s!) If you bought a 504 car you would find a Peugeot fold up in the back so they sold a lot of the fold ups too.
Something I didn’t know was that all the ‘early’ French made Peugeots were completely assembled in Australia from all the French parts. Importing complete bikes attracted an even more hefty tariff. I bought my UO-8 new from Annand&Thompson ,a car dealer in Brisbane, in 1975 for $196. This was a lot more than a Repco or Malvern Star ….which were about $120 from memory…but Euro prestige has always been worth something I ‘spose. Plus the mudguards still aren’t rusty.
About 1976?? Cycles Australia wanted to start using Japanese components and Australian made frames. French Peugeot required them to send a sample of the three models they would make to France first for approval. That was okayed so they built Australian Peugeots with Suntour components from then and put the Peugeot stickers on ‘em!
Eventually Taiwan made everything cheap and the bike industry everywhere changed forever.
Mick Wilkinson was in Balmoral Amateur Wheelers when I first met him but has since been a long serving and now Life Member of Hamilton Cycling Club.
Cheers all, Owen
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby koen » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:17 pm
Another curiosity ...Early in the'80's I remember they were sponsoring Kenrick Tucker. The track bike he rode to Gold in the '82 Commonwealth Games was a Brisbane made Peugeot ,though obviously not a standard item. The same bike was rebranded Malvern Star for the sponsors of the Olympic team in '84 and Kenrick narrowly missed a bronze in LA. Living in Rockhampton at that time I remember us replaying the video of the sprint over and over and you could see the BB flex from side to side. Not sure if other bikes at that time would have been stiffer but maybe it robbed some of his power?? He still has the largest calf muscles I have ever seen!
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Postby Stuey » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:28 am
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Postby koen » Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:31 am
BTW, It is actually Kenrick, at least I never heard him correct anyone or insist on a different spelling of the velodrome.
Cheers
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Postby frailer5 » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:52 am
Ricardo Elite, '87 Keith Davis/Pegasus, '92 Team Miyata Ti.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby pug/city » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:10 pm
After doing some searching and reading this topic I think it is a DR10. It is very similar to Marc2131 white racer although mine is blue.
Mine is fitted with steel cotterless cranks and mafac racer centre pull brakes and steel rims. It was never labelled with any model ID.
It has always been a great bike to ride but is truely showing some signs of neglect.
I'm up for new rims and cranks, an intense clean and then a respray.
I want to rebuild to ride again regularly as a means of increased fitness.
In this endeavour I called at a local tip shop to see what was available for spares, nothing for a 27".
However I did pick up a coaster braked 28" oldie.
When I can get photobucket to co-operate I will get some pics up here and on the other thread "See what you've got".
Advice on where to obtain a set of wheels would be helpful.
I'm on the hill behind the Sunshine Coast.
Neil
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby koen » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:00 pm
When I started racing I did fit singles to my UO8 so there may be enough reach in the old Mafac Racer brakes to reach 700c wheels if you can get your hands on them easily.
The bottom bracket may be different on the Stronglight cranks?? Is there a French thread?? 'cause I think you will have it. It was a job to get someone to fit a regular BB back then too.
The chrome is pretty good though and may clean up on the cranks once you throw away the chaingaurd ring.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby pentlandexile » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:20 pm
Peugeot mixte 1 by benatherton71, on Flickr
Peugeot mixte 2 by benatherton71, on Flickr
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby vaeske » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:08 am
Anyone else want to spiel about some stories i'd love to hear more!
This bloke i spoke to yesterday told me of the story about brett richardson and how darrell mcculloch (llewelyn)started his career.
i'm curious about this frame builder abeni.what's his story? anyone like to share some war stories?
on the topic of peugeots i got myself a French made 1989 Racing Team C653 MAB Z on fleabay. Reynolds 653 tubing with a full shimano 600 tricolor groupset. unsure of wheels atm, but I'm stoked!!!
Here are some pics:
Here is the original brochure of the bike in french, would someone please help translate? Previous owner said he bought it in France and shipped it here. Unsure why he had a full 600 ultegra groupset on there though...Second pic is of the galibier with the full 6400 groupset. I was really considering selling the tricolor groupset and get full campy athena. How much are they these days?
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby pentlandexile » Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:30 pm
"Haut en couleurs": Dunno. 'Height of colours?' Maybe top of the range paint scheme?
"The bike of professional teams and amateurs."
"Tout en puissance": [Scratches head] All power/potential?
All tubes Reynolds 653
14 speeds.
Mavic 'equipment' - did Mavic make groupsets or just wheels?
I need a biere after that.
Are the rims clinchers or tubulars?
Ben
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby vaeske » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:27 am
"Tout en puissance" - show of strength/power? I googled it and found a picture of a dog jumping out of the water lol.pentlandexile wrote:Great looking bike. I'll have a stab at the brochure using my Frenglish skills:
"Haut en couleurs": Dunno. 'Height of colours?' Maybe top of the range paint scheme?
"The bike of professional teams and amateurs."
"Tout en puissance": [Scratches head] All power/potential?
All tubes Reynolds 653
14 speeds.
Mavic 'equipment' - did Mavic make groupsets or just wheels?
I need a biere after that.
Are the rims clinchers or tubulars?
Ben
Mavic did make parts at one time did they not?
Here are the specs anyway.
I'm really unsure if the wheels are clinchers or tubs...knowing the original owner did not take the top of the line components and opted for the ultegra ones, i'm guessing clinchers?? could be very wrong but either way...i'm using e-go and cost will be around 50-60 shipped to pinkenbar near the airport. I hope to pick it up next week.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby vaeske » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:27 am
"Tout en puissance" - show of strength/power? I googled it and found a picture of a dog jumping out of the water lol.pentlandexile wrote:Great looking bike. I'll have a stab at the brochure using my Frenglish skills:
"Haut en couleurs": Dunno. 'Height of colours?' Maybe top of the range paint scheme?
"The bike of professional teams and amateurs."
"Tout en puissance": [Scratches head] All power/potential?
All tubes Reynolds 653
14 speeds.
Mavic 'equipment' - did Mavic make groupsets or just wheels?
I need a biere after that.
Are the rims clinchers or tubulars?
Ben
Mavic did make parts at one time did they not?
Here are the specs anyway.
I'm really unsure if the wheels are clinchers or tubs...knowing the original owner did not take the top of the line components and opted for the ultegra ones, i'm guessing clinchers?? could be very wrong but either way...
i'm using e-go for transpo and cost will be around 50-60 shipped to pinkenbar near the airport. I hope to pick it up next week before easter break. fingers crossed.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby pentlandexile » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:39 pm
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby munga » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:12 pm
only some of the most awesome looking stuff ever!
ahem. carry on.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby vaeske » Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:04 pm
I know its from 1989 as the first owner purchased it in Jersey in 89.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby pentlandexile » Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:51 pm
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby Ferrovelo » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:54 pm
The plan is to fix it up for someone. Hopefully one day it will be shiny again like pentlandexile's
I grabed this one in particular becasue of head tube lugs. Most I've seen are plain.
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Re: Peugeot Appreciation Society
Postby toumbhar10 » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:41 am
Speaking of mavic, here's a nice one for all in sydney.
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