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Not original, but so much easier to draw tight- thanks to that simple cut out area in the middle that allows the cable to drop straight through, and not push it to the side as with the original hanger. While working in bike shops back in the day, I didn't care for Mafac brakes and largely for...

One other thing I've now noticed- the 531 decals are not in French "conuit pourReynolds531" or something like that they read. So the decals have possibly been reapplied later, and that might more indicate a repaint. The Orange Interclub above above has the same decals my old Super Corsa had...

My first guess was also a Gitane Super Corsa- my first full Campy road bike in 1971. But looking at it further than tube angles don't seem the same- the seat tube is much more angled back than the steer tube. It almost looks like a criterium frame with a short rear triangle and possibly a...

They used to call them "The Mexican Cinelli" and in the 70's I rode a handful of races where there were several members or most of the Mexican National team in the field- most of those were rather small guys on tiny frames- not much of a wheel to suck ever, but they could sure move those silver...

I'm a big fan of putting 700c rims on the old lightweights- Alloy rims are much easier to come by and you have a wider variety of tires and can go much lighter and skinny. It may not be the main intent of this collectors forum-sorry- but they fit. If you need to change brakes around generally...

J &B- sounds like a bottle of bourbon.

THIS IS SOOOOOO EASY ! Just put a wheel on the bike, find a place to put the controller (not much bigger than an old transistor radio) and then a battery or two and you're rolling. It's a lot like motor-pacing too, if you ever raced and trained at all that way. Check out this new seat bag...

just out- 60's Peugeot mixte with 36volt hub motor powered by two hoverboard packs. Speed 18-20, range 12/14 miles

The blurred stripes are so French somehow and remind me of arrows. Nice bike.

Looks good.

A Tour De France, in great shape- worth every penny, but can't do it here, and terribly far from Florida. Had a Super Course with that same vintage decal and my first real bike jersey was a Team Gitane jersey. Good luck.

A Double butted Tange frame, aero internal wrapping cables, countersunk brake bolts, brazons for two water cages, 700C alloy rims- beautiful! If you wanted to replace the plastic pedals again with something new, these MKS alloy quill pedals are more traditional than some of the myriad of new...

The Golden Years for consumer lightweights. nice.

HA! $200- Are you trying to steal it? I think maybe the sophistication of Cabe collector opinion is snobbish here. On the other hand there aren't many of us old pharts around to place a value on it and the kids have been dumbed down somehow- I'd at least try for $350 or $400. If you put the...

The mixte frame makes a great support for electric controller and/or batteries. Yes they are generally small, but as I can longer ride the drop bars I set them up with riser bars and a long seat post. They aren't that far from modern geometry frame size on the seat tube anyway. The Peugeot...

I actually got this to electrify so I thought I'd document the bike before I change it around. For its' age it's incredibly clean and rust free- I'd say almost pristine, Nice double butted frame, and so fairly light for a mixte- It came with brand new black wall 27 x 1 1/7 tires on Weinmann...

I had bags like that when I delivered the early morning Indianapolis Star in junior high school 1966--68. They go much further back- before I could fit it and was still on a 20" Sting ray (reformed from the 20" inch bike under the Christmas tree a few years earlier), Dad bought home a very old...

Hell no, 1972.

Put a few of those together back in the summers of '73 and '74 at the old Bicycle Peddler in Indianapolic- only came in the black as I recall. Not a huge seller at $225, the city wasn't then ready for club bikes that cost more than the entry levels. I also used the Huret Jubilee derailleurs...

The old silver Cannondale SEW-UP bag, on the top of the mixte frame has a cable lock in front of a battery pack- yeah very convenient, and to hang the controller under- I had to get another controller- a bigger one so the worm clamps on order won't fit around it now- but it works fine with...

Coincidentally I was watching an auction for one of these on ebay last week- Incredibly clean, with no thought to bid, I came across it with almost a week . The bidding closed after I hadn't been paying much attention- it was up into the three hundreds and I thought it might fetch five or more...

I've been playing with bottle cages and with a little bending- of the cheap from China cages (about $2 each) the 18650 Hoverboard packs fit in pretty well- With another strap bungee or plastic ties they would probably work well two in a series on a more modern frame with two sets of bottle...

Excellent results today- well, almost I took the Peugeot mixte ot for coffee at the usual Starbucks- normally a little more than 6 miles round trip- and did a bit of random lollygagging on the way back- I was going to take a longer route, but the crank was ticking against the kickstand, and...

I was thinking of making it an electric bike with a 700c wheel hub I have- The total lack of eyelets on the fork or rear stays, the lack of bottle busses and even the lack of top tube cable guides makes me pass on it, but I'd love to waste some time repainting it and trying my best to match the...

'73 Raleigh Pro- Not mine, but I looked up the serial info- rough paint- 21" Reynolds 531 frame and fastback seat stay sloping fork crown- needs restoring...

Anyway as far as this project has gone- I had some problem with the Peugeot controller, and got the wheel running with the turn of a key, but could never get the three pin- black green and red- throttle control to have an effect. Apparently it functions at a low voltage level of about 5v, like a...

The chrome lugs though are distinctly Italian in nature through the 60's into the early 70's. If it was assembled in Canada I'd bet the frame is still Italian. The bottom bracket thread would give that away. Nice bike- too bad the chrome is rusted to that degree. That kind of set-up was...

Smells like more bike racks.......

I won the Super Bowl pool in 68 ? in junior high when the Jets and Joe Namath and the AFL shocked the Baltimore Colts. But that was only $20 something dollars. I'd taken the lowest number and what they all thought would be a high scoring affair was a grudging struggle. Don't tell me, I've got...

'86- Height of Japanese consumer production- before shifting to Malasia- Beautiful sea green, 53 cm seat tube, DOUBLE BUTTED Tange tubing, 700 C era I have great respect for this frame- The Jap paint in the mid-80's was generally outstanding and I'm tempted by low pricing- alas I have no use...

Here's a nice Ofmega crank set labeled " Bianchi"- pretty clean and reasonable price. (not mine)...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Peugeot-Mixte-Road-Bike-Frame-w-Crankset-52cm-Green/273627226526?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=12&asc=20140905073823&meid=441bb0fd46b94a43a572072910c56b6c&pid=100284&rk=2&rkt=11&sd=273627226526&itm=273627226526&_trksid=p5713.c100284.m3505 Here's the one...

I've made some decisions now on the Peugeot mixte frame I'm fitting a 36v 250 watt hub motor to. I'm using the hoverboard battery packs- probably two of them (20 18650 cells apiece wired 2x 10 series each for a total of 40 cells, yet I have the option of adding one or two more packs or only...

Professionals raced for years on clinchers before tubular tires. Thinner is always a better roll at the same pressure. They usually weigh less too, a consideration accelerating and climbing. You can't "myth" what so many learned for so long doing mile after miles for years and decades. No one...

I just reread this thread and the aforementioned blogs in the post above, which I find are pure B.S. All the "myths" of Bicycling Quarterly (is it?) are pretty much bed rock cycling principle and knowledge and maybe a "sell gasoline" person or self-ordained theorist has come in the door. The...

Sven asked me: So would you go down 700 x 23(0.905 inch) size tires? That is a thin tire Depends- but yes- both my 67 Peugeot PX10- my "daily driver" since '87, and a Schwinn World Sport I ride through the hoods have 23mm tires- and roll very well. But If I carry a lot in baskets or have...

The jump up to 27" and down to alloy rims was the natural progression of cycling advancement. Yes, 27 rolls better- especially 1 1/8 opposed to 1 1/4" tires when I had my first Varsity as a teen, I soon found this the fact of life, and it did come with a little trade off- the 1 1/8" tires wore...

Hercules crank- I think about '68- I bought just the frame and crank for $ 20 on craigslist. Theweird paint is my own, and 27" 3 speed wheels from a Schwinn World Traveler..

You know what might be cool? -if someone wants to take the challenge- A CLASSIC TANK CRUISER built up with 18650 cells IN THE TANK. With gas bike motors, the vintage tanks are generally worthless for holding fuel, unless somebody has exceptional fabricating skills- but I think a good quantity...

Here's the bike in current configuration: (top) the newer larger chainwheel SR campy knock-off crank I really don't need a lot of gears in flat Florida or I'd still have the front shifter and another chain wheel or two, (middle): New alloy riser bars to give a better perpendicular grip and a...

I got this GT "Slipstream" step through bike used back in 2008- I don't know the year of it, and never seen another like it. LIGHTWEIGHT step through frame alloy headset, and I used it very little, but thought it an excellent piece of transportation for town riding. Anyway last summer I got it...

I remember when those 3 T stems were really "the thing" before Cinelli. Amazing that it still has the Italian stripes. Really nice bike!

Probably came with deep drop steel bars and very angled steel stem. The silver mist '74 I had did, but the bars unfortunately bent around a steel rope fence support at the Northridge velodrome within the year. I still have a scar on my back from another post. So for most of it's time with me...

When I got to IU in '73, the wheels were still 26" and the pedals could catch the cinders at speed on the old Roadmasters. Although I was declared ineligible- I'd started my first semester of college at Purdue- my team got an undrilled Schwinn crank for quals and tapped the left side an eighth...

60's I think- I looked at images on google trying to date this one I repainted and built with 27" wheels-mid 60's sometime it seemed Was that reflective tape on the fork from the factory? I thought someone had done that and it would NOT come off. That same rounded off Phillips steel crank is...

Haven't I seen people asking what their bike might be worth here quite a lot? Indeed. Nobodys hoping to somehow steal this vintage Paramount, are they? I'd look into getting some period frame decals and clear coating after....

Hope I'm not being too repetitive- Here's my first Schwinn - a campus green Varsity I bought in early '68. When my sister snapped this photo, both Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were alive- in just a few months they were gone. I was 14.

It's had a hard day's night! But you're the man with the midas touch rollfaster. Love the metallic blue. I was mesmerized by the Schwinn metallic colors and matching handlebar tape as a kid. Ten years old then- I wonder what kind of history this bike has?

I got a red aluminum handlebar mount cage from China for 2 dollars or something on ebay a couple years back. Don't have a picture.I was going to try to turn a 16 oz aluminum bottle into an extra light fuel tank for a China Girl motorized build, but changed my mind, and now as you can see- I'm...