A very good freegle find indeed.

[Chris-H]

Peugeot Competition 500 old mans road bike needing lots of attention the ad read. I promptly replied and was the successful recipient. I was planning on upgrading to a modern spec when I got the bike but when I picked it up it had been done, Sora sti shifters, Mavic rims, Spesh seat, converted to ahead, and the paintwork looked good too.
I spent 4 hours stripping, cleaning and polishing and not quite finished but it looks amazing. I have replaced the 40cm original bars with some Bontrager 44's in black as the others were too narrow, the spesh front tyre was bald so luckily I had a Bontrager which matched the rear in my shed, bunged a pair of new tubes on too. Am off to Decathlon today for pedals, cables, bar tape and chain then hopefully get out on a ride this afternoon.
Pics to follow...........

 

[biggs682]

watch for the wind Chris this afternoon , sounds a very very good find

 

[Chris-H]

watch for the wind Chris this afternoon , sounds a very very good find

Keeping a close eye on it mate, I wont be able to get out until late afternoon as meeting ex wife at midday in Thurrock to drop my Daughter off then a shopping trip to Decathlon, knowing my luck it wont be suitable riding weather when i'm done, anyway plenty of time to get out later in the week. It really was an extremely good find, I didn't realise bikes that old had internal cable routing until I picked this up. It has Shimano rsx groupset including hubs, I've not heard of it before.......any good?

 

[biggs682]

@Chris-H most shimano bits are good so should be fine if not i will happily give you a tenner for it

 

[Chris-H]

Ha ha nice one mate
It'll be staying on for the winter at least just to see how I get on with the drops and my back now

 

[Cycleops]

Let's have some pics!

 

[Chris-H]

Well i'm pleased to report the bike is finished, other than I need a replacement stem but it is rideable, went for a very short blast and already I love it. Its too dark to get some pics tonight but will get some up tomorrow.

 

[fossyant]

Too dark...

Pah does your camera not have a flash. Bring it in the house too. This is a poor show !

 

[Chris-H]

Too dark...

Pah does your camera not have a flash. Bring it in the house too. This is a poor show !

Only use my phone and its not that great in anything but broad daylight

 

[Chris-H]

Here is a before shot, took it as soon as I got it home yesterday
The stack has been dramatically reduced and the downtube "Peugeot" stickers have been removed in preparation for replacement.

 

[fossyant]

That's a cracker.

Silver stem or if you can a real quill stem - check out Planet X bikes for loads of stems on the cheap. The seat pin is lovely - campag aero I think ?

Thanks for these. Need to see the finished thing !

 

[biggs682]

Shimano rsx is as per std fit on my early 90's Marin mtb and 20 yrs + later still going fine

 

[Chris-H]

That's a cracker.

Silver stem or if you can a real quill stem - check out Planet X bikes for loads of stems on the cheap. The seat pin is lovely - campag aero I think ?

Thanks for these. Need to see the finished thing ![/quoteI
the seat pin isn't campag, I thought it was to start with, I was going to use a quill stem but I couldn't find an oversize one as I find standard silver bars too narrow, just been out to the shed and took a few pics so bear with me i'll get em up this eve

 

[Chris-H]

Shimano rsx is as per std fit on my early 90's Marin mtb and 20 yrs + later still going fine

That's reassuring to know cheers mate.

 

[fossyant]

The seat pin, if not Campag then could be a number of French ones or Miche (Italian). It's not a Shimano 600 or Dura Ace, but they are very desirable either way... Nice find..