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Panda and I spent the last couple days putting wrench time in on my Dad’s old Peugeot road bike. There is a good story behind this bike. It has been neglected for many many years. Since I want to get to doing something more active than one sit-up a day… I wanted to resurrect this thing from the depths of the basement. This bike was so much fun to work on. Maybe now I understand the fixed gear craze a bit more… because I really had a ton of fun working on this with Panda.

This was how the bike started. It is hard to tell in the photo… but it is hella dirty. Someone sprayed it with a fire extingisher… then it molded over. Tires are rotted out, brakes didn’t work, etc.

Here you can see the fire extinguisher grossness… and some insulation. The grip was all sorts of rotted/torn away.

Crank detail. Hella dirt.

The seat was falling apart.

Simplex gear shift paddles… and… some mold.

More mold, and cool emblems.

My Dad got this bike when I was 1 year old.

First night of disassembly and cleaning. Panda was shining up the chrome on the wheels. I was working on cleaning and polishing the frame.

Got some new bits from Cycleworks.

Panda working on the brakes.

Cycleworks sold me the wrong tyres… so Panda is letting me use an extra pair he had. <3

Panda finished the brakes, we got the wheels all mounted up, and re-gripped the bars… and viola: so fresh and so clean, clean!

We decided to make it a single-speed. I don’t want to go with a fixed gear because I will hurt myself, hahaha.

MEGAAA THANKS to Panda for all the advice and help. This really was a blast to fix up… even more-so since this bike has family history.

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  1. andrew smola August 25th, 2009 11:18 pm

    dude, that seat angle is hella screwed up. for your taints sake, and any kid you may ever want to have, grab a level and level that thing out.

  2. Andy Sapp August 25th, 2009 11:24 pm

    LOL. It is already fixed. We were in a hurry to finish so we could go out of town. One long ride with it like that and I wrenched on it quick hahaha.

  3. *.andysapp:com, inc.`` November 6th, 2009 4:57 pm

    [...] picked up a new wheelset for the Peugeot. In lieu of my envy for the ability to do track stands and pedal backwards, I’ve decided to [...]

  4. Kid Karola August 21st, 2010 12:05 am

    My old man has a Peugeout 10 speed like that in the shed except it’s metallic grren. nMust be 30 odd years old. You’ve inspired me to drag it out and clean it up. Cheers K

  5. Andy Sapp August 21st, 2010 9:52 pm

    That is awesome! I had no idea how much fun restoring an old bike could be. Definitely shoot me some pics of the progress! I would love to check it out!n:D

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