1985 Peugeot Equipe P10L

[GGJ]

I bought this new around 1985 from Halfords, my one and only brand new bike and it's served me well over the years having covered over 11,000 miles in it's day

The Carbolite 103 tubing is nothing special, but the ride is more comfortable than anything else I have. After owning it for a few years I decided to upgrade the groupset and fitted the latest Shimano 1051 SIS to which it still retains today.

 

[Cycleops]

Very nice, I wonder how many of those uniquely shaped water bottles are still around?

 

[Teuchter]

The Carbolite 103 tubing is nothing special, but the ride is more comfortable than anything else I have.

Nice bike. I love my Carbolite Peugeot. I sold my modern Specialized Allez last year because it wasn't getting so much use... I preferred the more comfortable ride on the Peugeot.

As much as I like the simplicity of friction shifters, I upgraded mine to (relatively) modern 8 speed Sora STI gearing and dual pivot brakes a few months ago. I'm enjoying the blend of old and new.

 

[GGJ]

I'm seriously thinking of changing the shifters for some brifters, makes life so much easier at my age shifting from the handlebars rather than stretching to the downtube. Just need to find something I think will look the part without spending loads of cash on period Dura Ace.

Not many of these bottles around, I think I've only seen another 2 in my lifetime

 

[nemov]

Nice bike. I love my Carbolite Peugeot. I sold my modern Specialized Allez last year because it wasn't getting so much use... I preferred the more comfortable ride on the Peugeot.

As much as I like the simplicity of friction shifters, I upgraded mine to (relatively) modern 8 speed Sora STI gearing and dual pivot brakes a few months ago. I'm enjoying the blend of old and new.

Hi there - I've just bought a Peugeot Camargue - which I think is also Carbolite - I will find out when I pick it up tonight. My first upgrade will be a saddle and new calipers... I'm just interested in getting a bit more stopping power - which dual pivot did you go for, and how are they?

 

[Teuchter]

Hi there - I've just bought a Peugeot Camargue - which I think is also Carbolite - I will find out when I pick it up tonight. My first upgrade will be a saddle and new calipers... I'm just interested in getting a bit more stopping power - which dual pivot did you go for, and how are they?

It's a cheap pair of "Alhonga" calipers that came off an old Raleigh Chimera road bike that I picked up cheap to act as a parts donor (I also took the wheels and gearing from it). They have max 49mm drop and I need most of that on the rear. Think these are the ones: http://www.alhonga.com.tw/alhonga/products_detail.php?M=2&uID=7&cID=30&Key=281

They're recessed nut fitting while the original single pivot calipers were nutted. To get around this, I fitted the front caliper (which has a longer bolt than the rear one) to rear of the bike using a nut fastening as before. I drilled the back of the front fork to 8mm and fitted the rear caliper to the front, making use of a longer than standard recessed allen headed nut.

I'm not convinced braking performance is really any better than the original brakes but the big difference to me is how easy they are to set up. I really don't miss the hassle of trying to centre single pivot calipers.