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Have been putting this off for ages because I love the colour scheme on this, but it's way too small for me. It is, I think, a very early 80s Peugeot PKN (it has an original PKN-13 sticker underneath). It has quite a nice patina – metallic silver paint with orangey-yellow original Peugeot lettering and chequerboard graphics, plus what looks like a supplying dealer’s decal (in German).
The bottom bracket thread is English (and good) and it has nice, long Simplex rear drop-outs. The front forks are fully chromed (although half-painted and with decals) and comes with what I suspect is the original headset, which is reasonably smooth but could use a look. I have another one of these frames and it runs centre-pull brakes, so I suspect there may be a cable hanger missing from the top of this one’s headset – worth mentioning but I used the frame fine without it (with side-pull calipers).
The paint is fairly good but there are scratches here and there and - sadly - a dent in the seat tube (see pic 2) which the guy I bought it from a couple of years back said happened in storage. Still looks straight, though - I used this frame as-is every day for some time and it rides fine.
Frame size is either 56 or 57 c-c, but I can check tonight. I'll hope for around £50 but will listen to offers because of that dent, otherwise it'll go to eBay. Let me know what you think.
Collection Richmond or central, dibs, PM blah...
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