Vintage Peugeot conversion help and tips please

i just stopped at a local shop who told me a new sealed unit for it is £25 + £18 fitting .. that seems a bit high to me .. is it ?
not really worried about the fitting i can fit it myself but the bb seems a bit steep.

the fitting is expensive. the bottom bracket doesn't seem that expensive unless its just a generic item.

Newbie here! Have been offered a 70's Peugeot UO-8 by a colleague. Does anyone have any experience of converting this to fixed? Cottered cranks and almost certainly French BB, how problematic is this going to be? Cheers

Easy enough if you don't want to do too much to it. If the bb and cranks work then leave them on and just change the back wheel. As long as the cogs line up you should be ok. If not then I'm not sure about the bb. If you mate at work is offering it cheap enough (ie £50 or so) then take it and you can always ebay for a load more.

Guys, two of my friends have old Pugs and they both want toe straps, however neither set of pedals can take them because of reflectors, so they need to change the pedals however it's too big for my 15mm pedal spanner, any idea what size they need and where to get them?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Another newbie here. Trying to get out of the nursery. Have an old Peugeot 'Premiere' that I picked up recently and have stripped it down to the frame, cranks, seat post (seized - YIKES! - a little mild heat'll help. . .) and stem/fork. It's a sky blue metallic which I'd like to replicate, but it needs the paint stripping back and some surface corrosion removing (thought I might get it shot blasted). Question is, any idea where I can find the original Peugeot colour swatches?

Try here.
http://cyclespeugeot.com/index.html
http://www.peugeotshow.com/
http://retropeugeot.com/

Good luck and have fun.

Nice 1 andy.w I dare say I'll have more questions . . . .

Not many people do shot blasting over here (may be able to get it done) but resprays go to Azzy paints, very good and reasonable costs.

Are they in the book? One of the guys in work (Brian Leadley, he's a Peel man) said that Shaun Craig's son had done one for him. I'm making enquiries.

Azzy Paints Ltd 619019

Did mine for £45

On the bottom bracket question, if the cranks need replacing there are a few options. New axle if the cups are ok. I could only easily find jis ones, but haven't looked very hard. Or sjs do french unsealed ones and velo orange do sealed french ones. Combine with you s choice of cranks.

Thanks guys for the suggestions. Most welcome. Hopefully getting the bike today and will get started on it soon...worth a go as the bike is a donation, not been used for a while and apparently it made my work mate sad looking at it every day, when I mentioned I was after something she was only too happy to give it a good home!

Daft question of the evening. How'd you remove the gear posts of the downtube? Hacksaw? Gas Axe? Won't it leave a hole that needs brazing? Sorry, new to this . . .

Hacksaw/dremmel/file wet and dry. Carefully.

Oh and UTFS ;-)

Hacksaw to mine. Andy says careful, but if you see my frame, it's only if you want it neatly done that you have to be careful.. I just didn't want to get shorts or gearshifters caught on them..

Sorry Andy, what's UTFS?

Hover mouse over UTFS, good mannered humour.
https://www.londonfgss.com/search.php?searchid=3413469

Er, got it. Ta. :-)

does it matter what stem i get for my pug? just had it re sprayed and putting it back together. looking for something a bit shinier than what was on it before....

if it those threaded one not really, quill stem are usually one size.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=quill+stem&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Was thinking of polishing the stem that's on mine (thanks andy.w).Will that work? I mean, does it need lacquering to stop it tarnishing?

Autosol. and re buff once in a while.

Keeps it retro . .