Don’t do it. Don’t buy old French bikes please. It will give you nothing but problems
tiregroove on
That’s a 1970s U08. Someone did alot of upgrading on it but it’s still not worth $250. Maybe half that.
Someone upgraded the steel wheels to alloy and the crappy cottered steel double crank to a decent alloy wide-range double, as well as the deraillers.
But the frame is still heavy gaspipe and French-threaded. You can find an aluminum-framed bike where the frame weighs half as much as those monstrosities for half the price and still has better components, like basic index shifting. This is a classic silk-purse/sow’s-ear analogy.
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BUT the amount of pain and anguish getting that nasty old cottered crank off is definitely worth the money to the seller. Those cranks are painful!
RockAZ_T on
It’s pretty, a few pounds lighter because of the replaced rims and chainring, but it really doesn’t ride well, shift well, brakes are awful, and it has weird French sizing on all threads. I bought mine for $80 and it had never ever been ridden – just hung on the wall of their garage.
And I over paid for it.
But it is pretty,… Maybe I do something with it one day, but after a few days riding it with lighter rims, I too hung it up in my garage. I have much better bikes to ride. And for $250 you can find those too.
Po0rYorick on
It’s not fancy but it looks pretty and will ride fine. Not as terrible as others are making it sound. I support keeping old bikes alive ✊.
See if you can haggle down to $150. In my area any functioning bike will fetch $150 and if you end up at $200 it’s not the end of the world. What’s $50 between friends? You can always sell it for $150 if you don’t like it.
Be aware that French bottom brackets are not widely available but you can get new ones from Velo Orange. Might not even be an issue.
Fictitious_Moniker on
I had this model or similar, bought used in the early ‘90s. It was OK, but I liked my newer $300 Miata better at the time, so I never rode the Peugeot much.
txirrindularia on
Don’t like how it looks, don’t like how it’s priced…
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Overpriced. Are those original wheels? Steel rims?
Newish crank and rear derailleur don’t make up for it being an old, low end bike.
Overpriced for $250 and the black crankset ruins the vintage feel of the bike. Also very small frame needs a short rider.
$250 is a lot of money for that bike, you could pay as much and get a far nicer px-10
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Don’t do it. Don’t buy old French bikes please. It will give you nothing but problems
That’s a 1970s U08. Someone did alot of upgrading on it but it’s still not worth $250. Maybe half that.
Someone upgraded the steel wheels to alloy and the crappy cottered steel double crank to a decent alloy wide-range double, as well as the deraillers.
But the frame is still heavy gaspipe and French-threaded. You can find an aluminum-framed bike where the frame weighs half as much as those monstrosities for half the price and still has better components, like basic index shifting. This is a classic silk-purse/sow’s-ear analogy.
BUT the amount of pain and anguish getting that nasty old cottered crank off is definitely worth the money to the seller. Those cranks are painful!
It’s pretty, a few pounds lighter because of the replaced rims and chainring, but it really doesn’t ride well, shift well, brakes are awful, and it has weird French sizing on all threads. I bought mine for $80 and it had never ever been ridden – just hung on the wall of their garage.
And I over paid for it.
But it is pretty,… Maybe I do something with it one day, but after a few days riding it with lighter rims, I too hung it up in my garage. I have much better bikes to ride. And for $250 you can find those too.
It’s not fancy but it looks pretty and will ride fine. Not as terrible as others are making it sound. I support keeping old bikes alive ✊.
See if you can haggle down to $150. In my area any functioning bike will fetch $150 and if you end up at $200 it’s not the end of the world. What’s $50 between friends? You can always sell it for $150 if you don’t like it.
Be aware that French bottom brackets are not widely available but you can get new ones from Velo Orange. Might not even be an issue.
I had this model or similar, bought used in the early ‘90s. It was OK, but I liked my newer $300 Miata better at the time, so I never rode the Peugeot much.
Don’t like how it looks, don’t like how it’s priced…
Tree fiddy at best