Peugeot Racer

[Warny]

Hi all,

Picked up this in the last week, it's a bit small for me but rides ok. Sachs Huret gears and Weinmann brakes, more recent wheels and seat. Wondering who the signature might be on the frame, any ideas?

 

[Cycleops]

If no other reference to a name elsewhere it could have been applied by a previous owner.
It's a base level bike with Peugeot's plain gauge tubing and cottered cranks.
I'd say it's from the late seventies/early eighties but if you want to date it more accurately this might help you;
http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Sachs-Huret_derailleurs.html

 

[Warny]

Thanks, I can't quite work out the name but probably no-one famous then The gear levers are dated 1989, brake pads are longer than the older-style ones so maybe they were the standard fit towards the 90's. They are pretty good to be fair.

 

[Smokin Joe]

There were zillions of them about in the seventies and eighties. The cottered cranks suggest yours was one of the earlier models as cotterless was used later.

Interesting bike in a historical way, but nothing more than a cheap BSO. I bought one to commute on in '82 when I returned to cycling after a break, £110 IIRC.

 

[further]

Cheap maybe BSO not