1956 Peugeot (needs work!)

inseine

Not my lightest ride and I only have 8 gears, but then I did pick it up for less than a fiver!

PimpMyBike

Ooh, that's lovely

napoleond

Sweeeet! Looks great

Hoopdriver

Lucky you. That's beautiful

ALaPlage

That looks like a lovely piece of cycling history. Classic. A great find from what I can see. How much work needs or do you want to do?

arthur_scrimshaw

I'll give you a tenner for it!

inseine

You've all been so nice, I've given it a wash and put a Brooks saddle on it, just for you!
The big downer when I got it home was that I realized that it'd been crashed (well it was 5 euros). I straightened the forks but the frame needs a specialist (slightly bent top tube). It actually rides nicely, but I need to know it'll be worth the effort to restore the rest before I work on the components.

davidof

Saw the same bike but in blue for sale in a Paris bike shop a couple of weeks ago. 90 euros I think.

inseine

Saw the same bike but in blue for sale in a Paris bike shop a couple of weeks ago. 90 euros I think.

I would've bought it!

davidof

inseine wrote:

Saw the same bike but in blue for sale in a Paris bike shop a couple of weeks ago. 90 euros I think.

I would've bought it!

Me too but would have had to ride from the 17th to Gare de Lyon then taken it on the TGV and I wasn't sure if they had a bike wagon (not on all of them). I'm going to check out the big flea markets in Italy for something. Was really looking for something post war but a proper TdF bike.

I did see a race bike over 100 years old on fleabay.fr the other week.

napoleond

inseine wrote:

I need to know it'll be worth the effort to restore the rest before I work on the components.

Only you can answer that. I think if it's all working fine it looks great as it is. A good thorough clean would be enough...