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Rafferty

Rafferty

Senior Member
Location
Essex
Carbon said:
Birthday present from my wife back in January, lucky me ^_^ 1977 Peugeot PRN10E - Now up and running following a few replacement parts from Belgium and the USA. Rides like a dream, though brakes were clearly a bit cr*p back in the 70's !! After a few weekends riding this I jumped back on a modern bike and first time I pulled the brakes nearly flew over the handle bars, LOL!
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French threads and tube diameters, as well as brakes that require an extra 50 metres to bring you to a halt, remind me of an old Peugeot I used to have. Carbolite tubing is very heavy and unforgiving. What has yours got?
 
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Goldie

Über Member
Carbon said:
Birthday present from my wife back in January, lucky me ^_^ 1977 Peugeot PRN10E - Now up and running following a few replacement parts from Belgium and the USA. Rides like a dream, though brakes were clearly a bit cr*p back in the 70's !! After a few weekends riding this I jumped back on a modern bike and first time I pulled the brakes nearly flew over the handle bars, LOL!
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Lovely Pug. Fully loaded with Simplex too. And I know exactly what you mean about the brakes - that feeling of squeezing hard on the brake levers with the back end of a bus or something getting bigger by the second, and having to wait for the brakes to finish their fag break and report for duty before any slowing happens :ohmy:
 
Jamieyorky

Jamieyorky

Veteran
Location
York
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Latest edition to the family. A Raleigh Superbe
 
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lesley_x

lesley_x

Über Member
Location
Glasgow
Rafferty said:
My next bike. (Not this ACTUAL bike you understand).
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zaza123 said:
My first bike... since a Viking something or other when I was a teenager in the early '80s.
I love it, I'm using it to commute and do extra miles at the weekend. I can't wait until the conditions get better and I can get the mudguards off so it looks like that again.
I liked the 2014 one so much I asked the LBS to source me one instead of the 2015 which was the model they were selling. It's something about the black and brown together.
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The black and brown, while I've always liked it, wasn't my first choice but I have fallen in love with it and I'm so glad I got it. I'm also really glad I got it almost half price ^_^ I also, thankfully, get on fine with the saddle so don't have to change that.

My road bike is aluminium and I always wanted to 'upgrade' it to carbon. Now, I think I would go for a nice steel road bike rather than carbon when/if I replace my Secteur. I am that much in love with it. It just gives you confidence. A couple of weeks ago I had a day off, with no commitments and cycled to Loch Lomond because I could. I normally never go that far on my own. But I just packed up a pannier and off I went. It's just awesome!
 
totallyfixed

totallyfixed

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Location
The only county without a McDonalds
Saw this on eBay, went to look at it, made an offer, accepted. Not in the best condition, I built a new front wheel, new bearings in rear, tightened bottom bracket, replaced chainring, rear sprocket and chain and touched up paint work. Still a few minor bits to replace. Test ridden today.
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