Vintage Peugeot conversion help and tips please

cheers

it was side on, a kid literally rode straight through his front wheel. I saw the bike yesterday, the frame is fine, but as you said, they're so cheap it might be worth him getting a new one anyway!

If it's the forks, what you want to look for/at is the angle of the head tube and any bulges near the joins of the downtube to the headtube.

like this for eg:

http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpeeds_1/Bicycles_Table/French_Bicycles/Rochet_Bicycles/Rochet_Paris/RochetParisSideClose_Comment1.jpg

...the front wheel is now too close to the downtube.

no longer riding my old pug, have a shim+seatpost if anyone needs one - £20 posted. Gonna post a bunch of stuff on classifieds but thought that was one thing you guys might be interested in

looks great

Just noticed this thread, thought I'd throw up a few pics of my Pug. A very enjoyable everyday hack..

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=2001&pictureid=11356
http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=2001&pictureid=11355

BTW here's my conversion.

jeeez thats a nice pug!!

pug porn?

tape?

Shamal & Carbolite. BIG LOOK.

I'm putting a carbon fork on my pug Triathlon this week. Whatever next!

Here's my puggy dog! There's something about the french bikes.

tape?

I got around and put some tape on.

what tires are they weiner? your bike really makes me want a peugeot haha

vredestein fortezza, I believe...?

BTW here's my conversion.

what crank are you rolling with?

Dura Ace I reckons. Sorry for answering the questions people are posing to you Wiener! Not sure i'm right though..

You got the tyres right.

The crankset it's just the BLB superpista, nothing special but they look nice and are very light.

They do look very vintage and pretty. Beautiful Pug by the by.

The crankset it's just the BLB superpista, nothing special but they look nice and are very light.

Made by Andel, I'll warrant.
Much cheaper through Hilary - not in black though.

gleamist<<

http://www.parktool.com/blog/calvins-corner/reconditioning-older-bikes

this is an great account of restoring a peug.

^EXCELLENT link. Deals with all the things i had (and failed) to deal with.

Shamal & Carbolite. BIG LOOK.

I'm putting a carbon fork on my pug Triathlon this week. Whatever next!

Thinking of doing the same. What forks you looking at?

well after posting here many months ago i'm finally rolling fixed.

here she is....

i ran in to all the pug nightmares....

• bb was non english so ended up getting it re threaded.
  
• seat post is dodgey. it is a thin one. someone at some point just cut a slit vertically up the post and squeezed it to make it fit. i've not changed it yet so plan on not putting on any weight!
  
• chain ring bolts were an odd size so a right pig to get the cranks off
  
• wheels were 27 1/4 so had to gets some newies
  
• front fork spacing was too narrow so had to squeeze to fit
  
  

all that said, she's a great ride and really comfortable. did a 50 mile blast on her on saturday and barely felt it.

I've just started converting a Premier and other than my initial booboo of not have a stem with a 25.4mm clamp, I'm suddenly terrified that a 1" stem wont fit.

Any way, porteur bars with inverse levers at the ready for when the new stem arrives.

Re: page 15, I think you'd have to be mental to put a Shamal on a gas pipe Peugeot. Sell the wheel and get a Peugeot 653 or 753 frame.