Peugeot Bikes & Frames

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The Peugeot family has been making water mills, knives, and hydraulic equipment since the mid-19th century. With the advent of practical bicycles, the company jumped in and began manufacturing bikes, beginning in 1882. That makes Peugeot one of cycling's oldest brands. Peugeot is especially famous for its racing team. Riders sponsored by Peugeot have won the Tour de France ten times, more than any other maker.

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Peugeot 52cm PFN-10 bicycle. Used, $400.00

We believe this is a Peugeot PFN-10 bicycle from the early 1980s, perhaps 1982. Identifying Peugeots of this era can be very difficult.

• It has a high performance frame, built with double-butted Vitus 181 steel tubing and Simplex dropouts.
• The bicycle has been completely overhauled and lubricated.
• Several of the components have been changed. It originally came with a Simplex control group and other French-made parts. It sill has its "Peugeot" branded crankset, but has been fitted with Shimano Exage Sport parts, with the exception of the SunTour ARX front derailleur.
• It has a 6-speed Shimano HG freewheel.
• Rims are Wolber GTX hard-anodized clinchers fitted with new Michelin Axial BiSport 700 x 23 tires

This classic Peugeot will reward its owner with a wonderful road feel

The Shimano Aero brakes are real improvement on the CLB or Weinmann brakes that it came with. We believe this is the original fork. Originally the top half of the fork was painted. The remaining paint looks like it has been removed. The flat fork crown means longer fork blades and a more forgiving ride.

Here's a close-up of the front end, showing the original Atax stem, now fitted with SR bars.

Close-up of the Atax stem.

From the back. Brazing seat stays to the side of the seat lug makes these tubes longer and creates a more forgiving ride.

Top tube and seat cluster.

This Peugeot-branded crankset is actually a Stronglight 104. This also tends to confirm our dating this bike to about 1982.

The downtube with the Vitus 181 double-butted tubing decal.

The front wheel showing the Shimano Exage hub and Wolber hard-anodized rim.

The rear wheel.

Looking down at the hub and freewheel

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Peugeot 62cm PN10(?) Hybrid bicycle. Used, completely rebuilt and overhauled. $450.00

Center-to-center: 62cm seat tube x 60cm top tube.

This bike was built up from a Peugeot three-tubes double-butted Reynolds Peugeot frameset with forged dropouts. The bottom bracket was re-tapped from French to English dimensions.

Our assigning it the PN10 model designation is a best guess. Since it does not have braze-ons but does have graphics updated from the early-mid 1970s, we dating it to the late 1970s.

• Wheels: 27" with rear Shimano 400CX cassette hub and the front is a high-flange Shimano hub.
• Gear control group: Shifters are ShimanoA20 Rapidfire Plus STI hooked up to Shimano C20 rear and Tourney front TopSwing derailleurs.
• Bottom bracket has been re-tapped to English with a cartridge bottom bracket connected to an SR/SunTour PFF crankset. It's a compact triple crankset paired with a medium-width rear cassette.
• The stem offers a higher rise position and the bar end shifters offer both additional hand positions and the ability to stretch out.
• Additional accessories: Soma fenders, Greenfield rear mount kickstand and water bottle cage.

Rebuilt and designed to be comfortable and reliable.

From the front. Equipped with classic, powerful Mafac centerpull brake calipers

Here's a close-up of the cockpit

Another close-up of the front end.

Here's the view from the driver's seat.

The bike from behind

Close-up of the crankset and front derailleur

The Reynolds butted tubing decal.

Here's the rear triangle.

The front rim

The front Shimano high-flange hub.

The rear wheel and the Greenfield rear mount kickstand.

The rear Wolber rim. The rim manufacturer Super Champion was bought by Wolber, perhaps in the 1980s.

Here's the rear hub and cassette.

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Peugeot 62cm Hybrid bicycle. Used, $350.00

This bike was built up from a Peugeot UO-8 frameset, the iconic Peugeot from the 1970s. Its seat tube separated from the bottom bracket shell and we had it repaired. The bottom bracket was re-tapped from French to English dimensions.

The bike has been completely serviced with fresh grease, including the headset.

It has been built up with a highly upgraded set of components, including:

• The single-wall alloy QR wheels are 700c. 
• The rear hub is a Shimano HG50 7s cassette hub.
• Gripshift 400 shifters
• SunTour XCT alloy brake levers
• The crankset is a SunTour XCT triple with 175mm arms attached to a cartridge BB.
• It has an alloy micro-adjust seatpost.
• Fenders and luggage rack are included.

The high-rise stem will make this easy to ride.

Front view. It still has its powerful Mafac brake calipers, but now they have Cool Stop Eagle Claw 2 brake pads. That is some real braking power.

The cockpit. Everything is conveniently placed.

From the back. It comes with fenders and rack.

Modern SunTour XCT triple crankset with 175mm arms. This will get you up the hill.

Also a modern Shimano 200 GS rear derailleur

Looking down at the Shimano HG50 7s cassette hub