• Hello and welcome to my thread about my 1990 Peugeot Athena. I am planning on converting this Bike to a Fixed Gear and get it resprayed. I welcome you to the ride so just sit back and enjoy! This Thread is going to be highly picture based for people who just look at images and with some writing about parts etc etc for the people that take their time and read threads.

    ***So on to the history of the Frame and Forks: ***
    All the history Darstachy (Person I bought it off) knew about the frame was that he used it himself for three months, and before that was a contract bike for a Semi-pro who trained for two years with it before hanging it in the garage until Darstachy got it. *If anyone knows what the Team Racing means on the Top Tube please let me know I am curious!*

    History and Pictures of Athena in a 1990 Catalog:
    I just literally stumbled across this on a website just now(http://www.cyclespeugeot.com) and discovered Athena on it in the 1990 catalog, to be honest I didn't know the name of the bike until then but here is the page from the catalog with Athena in all her glory. (Rights to CyclesPeugeot & Peugeot).
    http://imageshack.us/a/img809/1702/1990athena.png

    What I want to do with this Frame and Forks:
    I am planning on getting the Dropouts converted from Vertical to Horizontal with Paul Components Track Dropouts (Does anyone have any use with these or recommend a different pair of Dropouts?) Once its been converted I am getting resprayed in the same color, so she is back in her former glory! But before that all happens I have to order the Dropouts, the new Decals and the 653 Tubing Decals. I rang up Vernon Barker Cycles today (24/05/2013) to get a quote on how much it would cost to get all the work done, this is what they quoted:

    Converting the Dropouts : £70
    Respray : £85 for 1 color then +£25 per every color after that. (He can't respray chrome he said over the phone).
    Total : £180 (Not including buying Dropouts and Decals)

    I am just wondering what you guys thing of this pricing or does it seem fair to you?

    I am going to buy the Peugeot Decals from Allezcycles on eBay, but the set they sell don't contain all the Decals the bike currently has on it so I have sent them an email asking them to make a custom set for me. They do say they can make any Decal for you, and they are done by a professional! But we shall have to see won't we! Unless anyone else has a place they buy their Decals from and would recommend them?

    I am on the hunt for 653 Tubing Decals, I have emailed some people and just waiting for a reply from them to see if they still sell the Decals as it does say they do on their website but you never know ;') Unless one of you guys have some knocking around if so drop me a PM!

    Currently the state of the Bike Frame:
    The top tube looks like it has been sanded down quite a bit but shows no signs of rust luckily. You can see where someone has paint the chips on the bike with nail vanish or with something similar in attempt to hide the chips on the bike and the final thing some has scratched the paint off the forks on at the bottom (I don't know if this is clear in the photo) but I am guessing they did it to match the chrome on the chain-stay.
    (The Images are quite large, so I am just leaving them as thumb nails. Just click an image if you want to see a bigger picture, then click on the image again on ImageShack to see Full Resolution)
    http://imageshack.us/a/img27/6707/201305241808221.th.jpg
    http://imageshack.us/a/img194/8845/201305241808311.th.jpg
    http://imageshack.us/a/img42/2856/201305241808421.th.jpg
    http://imageshack.us/a/img109/3268/201305241809221.th.jpg
    http://imageshack.us/a/img4/1157/201305241809391.th.jpg
    http://imageshack.us/a/img546/9486/201305241810071.th.jpg
    http://imageshack.us/a/img692/5338/201305241810261h.th.jpg

    Part List (Currently have towards building my New Fixed Gear) :

    Guys & Girls I don't know what color parts to go for ie. Seat, Bar Tape, Wheels. It will be either Black or White but I don't know which one, what do you think?

    Frame & Forks :
    (3rd Hand)1990 Peugeot Athena 653 Team Racing Frame & Forks. I bought them on here off Darstachy for £70 posted from France.
    (Pictures in thread already)
    ***Crank and Chainring : ***
    (2nd Hand)Campnogolo Gran Sport 170MM with Campnogolo 52T Chainring. I bought on here off bmx_fred for £40 (Very friendly and polite!). Slightly damaged in the taper on the left Crank arm but nothing serious at all and slight marks on the back of the Right Crank right where the chain has caught it or something.
    http://imageshack.us/a/img401/7035/201305241943571.jpg

    Stem :
    (2nd Hand)Nitto Technomic Forged Quill Stem 26.0mm Clamp 90mm. I bought it from Nottingham Fixed Gear (Doooom!) member for £15 posted. It has got general wear and tear on it, especially on the clamp where the bike has been turned over and obviously moved around on the ground.
    http://imageshack.us/a/img541/5473/201305241914151.jpg

    Bar Tape :
    (Brand New) Cinelli Cork Ribbon The Original.. I bought it from Nottingham Fixed Gear (Doooom!) member for £4. I don't know if I will use this Bar Tape on this bike as I haven't decided the color scheme for the parts yet, if I dont end up using on this bike I'll re-wrap my bars on my other bike.
    http://imageshack.us/a/img28/9366/201305241944281.jpg

    Parts I am getting after the respray, if you are selling any of the following or something you think i might want instead drop me a PM
    Headset :
    Campagnolo Record 1 Inch Threaded Headset (Link Below)
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/campagnolo-record-1-inch-threaded-headset/

    Also Looking for some nice Drop Handlebars in Sliver or Chrome as anyone got any recommendations as I am currently looking around at the moment!

    Thanks for reading so far, and i'll post more info when I get new parts or something happens!

    P

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