In case you are wondering what I've been up to...
I've been doing a little tinkering on a bicycle...
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This is the '75 Peugeot UO-8 10-speed that I've been working on. Everything on the bike is period-correct. This would have been a really cool bike when I was riding my Schwinn in the late '70's, early '80's. It's been a fun project and I've learned quite a bit about bikes because of it.
This is what I started with in February...
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A straight, but kinda beat up frame, forks and headset. Now, I just need some warm weather so I can enjoy it!
Discussion
My stepson would (commit 1 of 10 acts that would involve CSI and send him to a very hot and bad place) for that bike. He collects vintage bikes. Mostly Beach cruisers but he's got a nice 70's 10 speed too.
NICE JOB C10!!
- I learned a lot about bikes while building this one...the French bikes are pretty cool! — 72_Chevy_C10
Love it, great project...nice to see it completed. There are very few things in life like the sensation of flying down the road on two wheels...
No baseball cards in the spokes, Smitty! But, I am running the correct, French rims and the have an etched in texture around the outside edge of the rim, where the brakes rub. So, when you get on the brakes, it has a definitely unique sound...kinda cool!
- The "Stalka" at our O.C.T.V.S. Car Show last Sept. — Nightstalker
- Cruiser. Makes me want a new bike — redlinederby
- dana batchelder got a chrome 5 speed cheeta slicked stingray for xmas. did ice burnouts for weeks on end. — fordman
- 06 reissue of the 70's style Stingray. Hadda change out the bars to true period correct. — Nightstalker
- Also, this is an almost exact replica of my Ray bought in 1965 or 66 — Nightstalker
Very cool...rebuilding a bike is one of things I'd love to do but probably never will. My parents bought my first real bike second hand and fixed it up, I'd like to do that for my kid too. Mine was an old Schwinn with banana seat and everything.
Nice paint job on that too...much classier in black(?)