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cheers ed good points, i cleaned it up last weekend and it runs very smooth - gears possibly need some fine tuning but its good as it is. haven't heard of the bike whisperer. the geared hub was due to commuting on a particularly sandy trail that chews through exposed components. it is a great bike especially for £25. i think a new cog on the flyer is a good call, i hadnt thought much about it but another fixed rider got chatting at some lights and said the ratio was on the high end. cheers for you help/advice
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http://www.thebikewhisperer.co.uk/
worth booking yourself in, there's a topic here in the forum praising them.
what was the ratio again?
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hi,
I posted a few bits from my old peugeot here:
http://www.lfgss.com/thread49185.htmlThought that someone here might be interested.
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Just got an old 103 frame from ebay for £45 and am now embarking on a mission to convert it, looking at about £400 I reckon to do it up, seems like a fair bit, but fook it.
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cheers, will do, was going to look around anyway, just setting that aside, for decent parts and a powdercoat job as well.
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Now:
This is sick!
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Well I have a big shopping list that adds up to about £350 but when i throw in incidentals it would wind up being closer to 400. The thing is I have the frame and don't really see the point in getting crappy parts only to replace them when I move onto a better frame. I'd rather have the better quality parts which would allow me to save a bit for a new frame. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way though.
I'll try and secure some of the parts from the classifieds on here as that might help. ebay is a minefield...
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there's two way.
one is to build it up with decent part and eventually get a different frame.
the other is build it up cheaply so you can have fun without worrying about getting it nicked/damage/etc. sell it for a reasonable amount, and use that money to fund a new bike.
IMHO, do it the cheap and cheerful way, it's much more fun riding a bike on the cheap than with expensive part.
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there's two way.
one is to build it up with decent part and eventually get a different frame.
the other is build it up cheaply so you can have fun without worrying about getting it nicked/damage/etc. sell it for a reasonable amount, and use that money to fund a new bike.
IMHO, do it the cheap and cheerful way, it's much more fun riding a bike on the cheap than with expensive part.
This. But don't sacrifice cheap for something that is going to break or snap after a few uses. Best bet is look on classifieds on here you can get some great bargains!
Sooo, no £200 wheelsets then?
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Noob question - I just bought a wheelset complete with sprocket. Now the sprocket has a flange on it - is this meant to face the middle of the wheel or out towards the locknut?
I know this might be obvious once I try and put it together but I'm sat at work trying to work out my chainline and order a BB for the weekend and I can't really get the whole wheelset out and start tinkering with it without everyone realising I'm blatantly slacking.
Cheers all.
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French made Peugeot HLE Carbolite, 5 speed.
** I'd rather keep this bike geared,** however I know how difficult it is to find parts which will still fit my bike, so may have to make a compromise.I'm wanting to buy a new brown vintage saddle, and wondering if I will need a new fitting for the saddle? (This seat post doesn't seem to have the correct attachments?!)
Also, anyone have any recommendations for good priced, simple, brown leather vintage saddles?Ideally i'd like a new derailleur in the near future, but can't seem to find one apart from this one at the bottom of the sites page:
http://www.freemanscycles.co.uk/cycle_gears/cycle_gears.asp?cat=gears_rearAs with the wheel set, I want to keep the bike as a 5 speed.
I have no problem finding the rims and spokes I want to build new wheels, but when looking for new hubs is a nightmare. They are currently 'Maillard 87' hubs, made in France.Any help would be much appreciated.
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Noob question - I just bought a wheelset complete with sprocket. Now the sprocket has a flange on it - is this meant to face the middle of the wheel or out towards the locknut?
I know this might be obvious once I try and put it together but I'm sat at work trying to work out my chainline and order a BB for the weekend and I can't really get the whole wheelset out and start tinkering with it without everyone realising I'm blatantly slacking.
Cheers all.
That's flange is...leverage.
Fit your chain and find out what I mean.
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there's two way.
one is to build it up with decent part and eventually get a different frame.
the other is build it up cheaply so you can have fun without worrying about getting it nicked/damage/etc. sell it for a reasonable amount, and use that money to fund a new bike.
IMHO, do it the cheap and cheerful way, it's much more fun riding a bike on the cheap than with expensive part.
+1
My current HLE mangaloy was £10, parts = £150
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Your bike look pretty good for an old basic 5 speeds road bike.
I'm wanting to buy a new brown vintage saddle, and wondering if I will need a new fitting for the saddle? (This seat post doesn't seem to have the correct attachments?!)
Also, anyone have any recommendations for good priced, simple, brown leather vintage saddles?Don't worry, that seatpost clamp is for those plastic saddle, you can get a metal one any decent bike shop probably stock (or have in their spare bins), you'll need one of those;
As for saddle, leather saddle doesn't come cheap, just look for a Brooks B17, and don't worry about the colour, or save up a bit more for a brown version.
Ideally i'd like a new derailleur in the near future, but can't seem to find one apart from this one at the bottom of the sites page:
http://www.freemanscycles.co.uk/cycle_gears/cycle_gears.asp?cat=gears_rearsince it's a five speeds, I'm sure you can easily find a similar one for not much, you can mix them using different part, but I don't know more about which's which sadly, but any Simplex dérailleur should be fine
As with the wheel set, I want to keep the bike as a 5 speed.
I have no problem finding the rims and spokes I want to build new wheels, but when looking for new hubs is a nightmare. They are currently 'Maillard 87' hubs, made in France.Any help would be much appreciated.
If the hubs is in good nick, or possible to service it, just find a new rims (Mavic Open Sport) and laced it to the old hubs, I've done that with my old road bike, work a treat.
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having put some more thought on what i hope to do with bike the priority would be to adjust handlebars to bull horns to give me a more upright position whilst riding in traffic, i agree with you ed that chaning from gears to rear hub is a bit of waste of cash. so thinking i would ideally like to add TT shifter for rear deraileur to bull horn bars off the frame, most the builds i see round town use the bar end for a break mounts, is there an sti type TT lever that can break and shift or do i need to add break levers separately? have seen the kelly mount one here on forum but hoping for a more elegant solution. other than that just need a new saddle and good to ride, saving for a respray in the future will post pics of the mods once they are on. advice on the brakes/shifters query gratefully appreciated
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Vintage Peugeot conversion help and tips please
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That look lovely, the frame doesn't look like your standard Peugeot tubing (probably 531 or equative), so it's defintely a decent one, the biggest clue is that it doesn't have mudguard eyelit.
It doesn't look like it will take much to get it to run smoothly, not sure why you want to have an internal hubs when the bike already got all the gears you need?