1983 Peugeot PX 8 M
By cobrabyte on 12/26/2009.
Bike tags: Commuter | Belleri | carbolite 103 | cloth | cork |
1983 Peugeot PX8M 61cm Carbolite 103 lugged steel
Belleri French Porteur Style / SR 70mm
Carbolite 103 / Original
Original 700c Rigada / Malliard Normandy / Original Michelin 700x35c
Replaced at some point 700c Rigada / Malliard Normandy / 700x35c
SR Silstar 170mm / Original
Fujita Belt / Original
Lyotard #136 / Sedis
Simplex SX 810 / Simplex SX 810
Weinmann centre-pull / Weinmann
1x5 drive = 40T SR 118mm front ring / 5 speed Malliard freewheel 14x17x19x21x24 / AVA frame pump / french bell *ding!* / soubitez generator lights / ESGE fenders
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1983 Peugeot PX8M 61cm Carbolite 103 lugged steel
Belleri French Porteur Style / SR 70mm
Carbolite 103 / Original
Original 700c Rigada / Malliard Normandy / Original Michelin 700x35c
Replaced at some point 700c Rigada / Malliard Normandy / 700x35c
SR Silstar 170mm / Original
Fujita Belt / Original
Lyotard #136 / Sedis
Simplex SX 810 / Simplex SX 810
Weinmann centre-pull / Weinmann
1x5 drive = 40T SR 118mm front ring / 5 speed Malliard freewheel 14x17x19x21x24 / AVA frame pump / french bell *ding!* / soubitez generator lights / ESGE fenders
I picked this up on Craigslist for 65dollars. The lights work great & it looks like it was hardly used in almost 30 years! So far I have done the following:
*swapped the old saddle for an old leather one I had
*swapped the cranks for an old SR set I had left over from my Trek
*removed the unused front down-tube shifter - the original owner decided to remove the front derailleur for some reason. Luckily the down-tube has only 1 braze-on, so removing the unused clamp-on one was easy :) - free
*removed the crusty benotto tape on the h-bars and used some spare cork grips & left over cloth wrap from some past builds - free
next I will be replacing the tires with some Pasella Tourguards 700x32c I have on my Lotus touring bike. The tires are a bit wide to accommodate the more narrow fenders on my Lotus so they need to be changed anyways. The Lotus will get a fresh set of 700x28 tires instead. - kinda free
Total cost so far: 65dollars