Old Peugeot Premiere (Possible Project)

[EltonFrog]

About an hour later I stripped it.

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The only problem so far is that the crank set thread has been stripped so I wasn’t able to remove the chainset. Luckily the BB has absolutely no play so I’ll just leave it, the head bearings will need to be replaced but it doesn’t need much, just some cables, jockey wheels and a few consumables, I’ve got some spare tyres which I’ll fit and some other odds and sods like a better black seat which will improve it.

The chainset has come up well with some degreaser and wire wool

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I’ve also removed some 30 year old stickers, cleaned the frame up and cut it back, so that’s enough for today, wheels will be next.

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Wow, you don’t feck about do you, you only got it at 12.

 

[Gunk]

Parts ordered 👍

bar tape
Jockey wheels
Gear and brake cables
A metre of new white outer cable
Head bearings
Chain

about £30

 

[biggs682]

@EltonFrog messaged me earlier to ask if I’d like to take over the project, being project free at the moment I obviously jumped at the chance and we met earlier and it’s now home with me.

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I’m going to lightly restore it, sell it and then donate the money back to the Windrush Project.

Well done

 

[Gunk]

I was up early this morning and had a rummage through my stock of touch up paints. This is a pretty close match

I touched up the frame and managed to cover the worst of it, once dry I’ll cut the touched up areas right back, it won’t be perfect but should be a big improvement

the forks are a slightly different colour and are beyond touching in so I’ll prep them and repaint them in satin black

At one point this has had some money spent on it, the head bearings were in really good condition and the grease was fresh although they’d been overtightened, the replacement Mavic wheelset is really good quality and it’s been upgraded with a nice Shimano SLX rear mech to 8 speed.

Sadly it then spent its life as a typical Oxford commuter bike, poorly maintained, never cleaned, chained up to those horrible steel hoops and stored outside.

 

[EltonFrog]

How about painting the fork in a contrasting colour?

 

[Gunk]

How about painting the fork in a contrasting colour?

I did think of that but I’ve got a tin of satin in the garage

edit. I’ve just found some gloss black which I think will work better.

 

[Paulus]

I think that they are pretty good bikes. I had one for a couple of years, the same colour. I bought it second hand, but it was a very good ride. I did many miles on it before it got nicked from outside the curry house where I was picking up my takeaway.

 

[Gunk]

First caliper refurbished

 

[Gunk]

Second caliper ready for assembly

 

[Gunk]

Two restored calipers

 

[Gunk]

I moved on to the wheels today which were in a real state. I started with the front.

the old Gatorskin tyres were scrap, but this was a nice surprise

I removed the horrible nasty rim stickers, the residue took an age to remove, I then cleaned the rim and spokes with wire wool and GT85, fitted a new tyre and all done. I haven’t got the energy to do the rear yet, it’ll have to wait.

 

[EltonFrog]

That looks good, I hate cleaning wheels but they are very satisfying to see when finished.

 

[Gunk]

I hate cleaning wheels, it’s the worst job.

the front mech is all cleaned up ready to go back on

 

[raleighnut]

Coming on nicely.

 

[Gunk]

Coming on nicely.

slowly, but I’ve got time so I’m going in to much more detail on this one, it should be a really nice bike for someone when it’s done.