Vintage Peugeot conversion help and tips please

Pug conversion and a creamy bob.
good taste miro_o :

Full mudguards FTW! I put both mudguards from an old tourer on my Pug. Some of these babies...!

I should update with a pic of MY bike really! They do look a bit crappy, but I like being able to ride without looking like I've wet myself after being in a drinking contest!

Edit Has anyone tried any mudguards like these...?

That tourer is loverly!

+1

Great paint IMO.

does anyone know if you can get the old stickers/decals

Crappy old website here?

Crappy old website here?

Nice 'n' pricey from there.

I think I might just leave mine as it is, or not bother putting decals on if I strip the paint. Or if I do put decals on, I'll just use any peugeot ones I like the look of. I don't have one of the good frames, so there's no point in putting any real money into it.

Pug conversion and a creamy bob.
good taste miro_o :

Thanks.

Do you ride similar bikes?

Nice 'n' pricey from there.

I think I might just leave mine as it is, or not bother putting decals on if I strip the paint. Or if I do put decals on, I'll just use any peugeot ones I like the look of. I don't have one of the good frames, so there's no point in putting any real money into it.

Oh yeh (just seen the price). Not worth it at all.

The best thing about Pugs is they ride ok but you don't need to be precious about them. I keep mine running nicely but basically drop it, lock it to fences, crash it, jump it and (pretty much) abuse it. It loves it!

;-)

you should able to find company who will reproduce those sticker for you.

:O

More here.

They're mostly car focused and a bit shit.

This one's nice though.

I LOVE this bike, so good looking. No chance of a swap for this is there? I wanna join the peugeot club haha

come on mate, your bike is fantastic, I'd love to have that over my old Peugeot conversion.

i just love the colour and look of that grey one, i think i need to re-lace my spokes too, twisted is so not 2009

Your bike is class...

...and mine has mudguards at the moment!

You just need some spokey dokeys for those wheels.

you should able to find company who will reproduce those sticker for you.

It's a bit too pricey to be worth having them reproduced. Especially when it's not the best of the Peugeot's and I have practically no money!

@Miro: What's going on in ur avatar pic?! I've wondered for ages.

joe140603joe is the seller (i don't know him)... £95 at the mo. for anyone that wants a pug to convert or just ride as is. looks ok to me, i'm just a bit skint at the mo. so not for me.

another one...

mine450pseller mine450p... £45 at the mo.

i'm half way through converting a pug (amongst many half finished projects!) just need to fit front brake, crank and chain... pics when done.

Thanks.

Do you ride similar bikes?

yep. a cream bob and a pug, in fact.

Hi all,

First post so be gentle ;)

Been reading thorugh lots of threads on and I'm itching to get a bike that looks even half as nice as some of those I've seen here...

My current "commuter" bike is a Carbon Trek, and it's getting ditched, so I thought about getting an Admag beater.

A couple of ebay sales cast my mind went back to my days at school and my trusty old pug. (The number of times that thing got crashed and still kept running was unbelievable :) ) Well one thing leads to another and here I am.

TBH all your efforts are amazing, and it looks like I'll end up spending some £££ on my initally cheap bike!

I commute pretty much everyday 7 mile each way, but as a bonus it's nice and flat, perfect for a fixie!

I'm not sure which way to go, in terms of originality vs. pimped. But to get me started, is there anything I'm missing in this list? :

1- Reasonable nick Pug. I've seen a Carbolite one, which I think should have really been called Carboheavy :) or wait for a 531?
2- Wheelset, SJSC Track hub based ? Which rims ?

In terms of the chainset I was thinking of leaving the original on in the short-term, and replacing it later.

One crazy thought I did have was to make use of some old hope disc brakes I've got, but I'm not sure how the headset would accept one of these:
http://www.ebikestop.com/dimension_cross_fork_with_disc_mount_1_threadless_black_no_cantilever_bosses-FK1268.php

Anyway enough of my rambling...

L8Rs

Simon

Hi,

This is my '89 Peugeot Premiere which I have just finnished converting to SS. Non-standard parts made for an interesting build but it was a good challenge anyway!

Simon - Glad to see that you are opting for a Pug! The Carbolite isn't too bad once you have stripped all the bits off which you don't need. Compared to your Trek it will be a bit of a beast though. I am not too sure about hubs / rims, I cleaned up the originals which came up ok. I also used the original chainset which although requires a bit of juggling for the chainline but works ok for the time being. As far as style is concerned then just go with what you like and use what you have available where possible...

Cheers,

Tom

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Hi all,

One crazy thought I did have was to make use of some old hope disc brakes I've got, but I'm not sure how the headset would accept one of these:
http://www.ebikestop.com/dimension_cross_fork_with_disc_mount_1_threadless_black_no_cantilever_bosses-FK1268.php

Anyway enough of my rambling...

L8Rs

Simon

Cant help you on the Pug front, but i run a front mechanical disc - i think you would have problems fitting those forks unless you converted to an aheadset, which might end up costing a wee bit. Anyway heres a pic of my brake set up, similar to the one before in the thread - didnt realise anyone else had done this, though i know Flickwig has done since with a disc too.

Thanks Tom, loving your Pug. The frame looks almost identical to the one I had back in the day. Yours is in much better nick than mine was though! I remember once using the back of a lorry as makeshift brakes in the wet, had straight bladed forks for the rest of the day, but soon foxed with a vice and a big hamnmer!

Glad to hear you can get by with the original chainset, will make it a fair bit cheaper and more straight forward as a newbie.

One last Q, In terms of your rear cassette what did you need to buy to sort that ? Is it SS not Fixed ? Might be worth considering for "phase 1"

Si

Cant help you on the Pug front, but i run a front mechanical disc - i think you would have problems fitting those forks unless you converted to an aheadset, which might end up costing a wee bit. Anyway heres a pic of my brake set up, similar to the one before in the thread - didnt realise anyone else had done this, though i know Flickwig has done since with a disc too.

Wow, NICE!!! If I'm honest, I'd be more worried about that getting scratched than my Trek !!

For the forks I sort of figured I'd need, those forks + a threadless 1" headset + a shim + a stem + new bars.... so yep I guess it wouldn't be super cheap, and the only slavagable parts if I were ever to ditch the pug would be the bars and stem :(

I do wonder what impact thed' have on the geometery too, but hey may be I'm running before I can walk :)

Si

Haha, that sounds about right. It was in pretty poor condition when I first got it but I have slowly renovated everything bit by bit. Have faith in your project! Yeah, mine is SS so was simply a case of removing the original 5-speed freehub with a special splined tool that my local bike shop had and then screwing on a new freewheel. If you want to go fixed though you can either make a 'suicide hub' by using loctite to seal up the thread once you have threaded on your sprocket or you will need to buy a specific track hub / rear wheel. Really depends what your budget is and how brave you are feeling! If you are interested then I have a 18t sprocket and some loctite?

Cheers,

Tom

JDB I owe a pint !
choose:

I have to tell you the story !
basically i was bidding on that ebay auction for that bunch of good parts...
then my grlfrnd tell me she got us tickets for STEVIE WONDER:
Auction ending at 8:12, concert starts at 8:0
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I downloaded the iPhone application for eBay auctioning and after a bit of testing (yes I'm a geek :-) ) I managed to understand how to bid last second...
so i was outbided from someone and i knew they would have been bidding each other an making the price much higher, so I waited all day and at 8:11.30 sec (Stevie wonder was late on stage thanks god) in the middle of O2 arena (at least O2 has full signal in the arena rather other operators don't !) i was tapping like a crazy on the iphone to place the bid last sec, which i did and...
WON ! ! ! ! ! !
:-)

I'll collect all the stuf fin the afternoon and start (hopefully soon) the project ;-)

i wanna thank JDB as the instigator of all this and without him I would have never spotted/looked at ebay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I owe you a pint anytime !

Lovely