Vintage Peugeot conversion help and tips please

Good work.

:-D thanks to Ed i only execute it

thanks guys, i'll look into the decathlon seatpost, seems like a sound plan. save me standing up on the ride to chingford twice a week!

I need help! My old Peugeot is making a grinding noise whilst peddling, but only occasionally. Is this a big problem or easily fixed?

Any help would be mucho appreciated!

maybe your bottom bracket? re-grease bearings?

Does anyone have any advice on removing the cranks and BB for one of these puppies? I want to put my delicious suginos on there. :(

one of what puppies?! why would they want cranks & a bb?

ok, so i have a saddle now, so riding is a lot better now. but i'm looking to replace the cranks and bb, anyone got any good recommendations on what to get?

Spinny ones wot with sticky out bits and that.

What's wrong with the ones you've got?

:P

I rescued this Pug from a skip at the local dump. I built it up from my parts bin to use as a beater so I can take my daily ride off the road to re-build.
I re-used the original stem, front brake and seat post (thank god someone mentioned about the stupid post sizing as I was about to bin it) and they've polished up great with a little autosol. I've always ridden a track frame with drops so this is a much more relaxed ride. (Thanks to Harvey for the emergency half link)
Rich

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Nice!

very nice, i must say also..

Nice!
Love those old Pug decals!!!

Loving the ginger pussy cat as well.

EDIT: NIce work.

I have my PUG at the powder coaters at the moment. I have a set of decals for it from ebay, but I may leave it naked. Got everything I need except for a set of wheels to build it once it is ready.

Is anybody after a set of cranks that came off a Peugeot 103 Carbolite? I pretty much destroyed the whole bike, but not before removing the original cranks. They seem fine apart from the axle doesn't come off the left crank arm. Not really a problem as you can still fit and remove them in this condition. They have a 39t and 53t I think. I'm open to offers but I think £10-£15 would do the job.

I also have some Sugino GTs from an old Raleigh if anybody wants those. Both come with bb.

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If they are the stronglight SRs which I have, they are pretty good cranks.

cheers, theres just something about the peugeot graphics of that period, I like the head graphic. oh yeah and the ginger cat gets all up in everything, its very inquisitive!

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Kinda weird that the peugeot logo is a cat and we are talking about a cat with a pug on a thread about pugs.

Nice fix RichC!
I know what you mean - I love the carbolite graphics too. You have the same tyres as me, they go well with the frame. My ginger cat is all over my bike whenever he gets the chance...

very very nice Rich! simular setup to mine! I am loving risers at the moment http://static.londonfgss.com/memberpics5951-albums462-picture3282.jpg

Good to see these bikes being fixed up and used. They're great because they're not precious... just fun.

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I'm just starting on the process of converting an old Peugeot to a fixie and I'm hoping that some people can give me some advice! One of my biggest issues is that I'm based in Amsterdam and although it's one of the bike capitals of the world, there seems to be a big lack of knowledge from bike shops about fixed gears!
Because of this, I'm going to be trying to do as much myself as possible and I'll come to some questions I have in a minute... First, I'll explain a little about the bike and what I want to do:

As mentioned, it's an old road bike and based on the 7 digit serial number I think it's from 1979. It also says: H10e 60, which I think makes it a 60cm PH-10.... Anyway, here is a pic:

(or here, if that didn't work: Bike for conversion on Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

My initial plan is to replace the wheels, cogs, crank set, peddles and chain - and try to get the wheels/rear hub/cog and other complicated parts pre-built as much as possible from wherever I buy them. Does this make sense and is there somewhere people can recommend for this?
I have emailed rotterdam fixed gear, but their store seems to be more expensive than a lot of the UK ones.

Also, does anyone know any good bike stores/mechanics here in Amsterdam, who could potentially help me with anything I can't handle?

Finally, if anyone can confirm the actual model of my bike, I'd be really grateful! I also need to replace the seat post (it's the only part of the bike with rust) and I know the Peugeot's have strange sizing.

Thanks to everyone for your help!

Chris

Bike shops over here quote a lot for fixing up old bikes too. They mostly don't really want that kind of work.

To do it yourself I recommend Sheldon's page. Plus the really dull but really quite useful videos on this page.

I took the route of building the rear wheel. Sheldon's pages again are good for learning the basics of that. Once your happy dishing a rear wheel you can usually use your road cranks too (saving a few euros).

Post again here if your having real trouble finding parts. Enjoy it!

Thanks for that Miro, I'm definitely starting to get that feeling!!!

I have one important question for others who have worked on these old Peugeot bikes: What bottom bracket do you use, because as far as I can tell, the current ones are French thread?

Thanks again,

Chris

Spinny ones wot with sticky out bits and that.

What's wrong with the ones you've got?

:P

very good!

the one on there currently is the old one, with two chain rings, i'd prefer to have just one. i'm currently riding on the outer which has 52 teeth, eurgh.

also, brakes on peugeots. i fitted a shiamano br-r450 at the weekend, but i can't get the pads low enough to keep them from slightly rubbing the tyres. does anyone know a way around this?