by Dominic | Jun 7, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Rebranded Someone wrote to me asking my opinion on this curious track frame which he has recently bought. It has horizontal rear dropouts and lugs that I don’t recognise, but it is not an Italian frame. As you can see from the bottom bracket cup, it has...
by Dominic | May 15, 2020 | Repair Tips, Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
About time The Peugeot was owned by my brother in law from new, but a few years ago the rear chain stay snapped on it and the bike was ruefully stored in his shed. I sent him the quite striking replacement frame, made up as a Look bike but likely to be...
by Dominic | May 2, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Frameset Diggs got in touch with me about a very beautiful frameset he bought from an enthusiast in Paris, pictured below. As you can see, it’s a lovely frameset, black with superb gold detailing around the lugs, gold decals, half chrome forks...
by Dominic | Jan 23, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Peugeots in the Mid 1980’s I like this era of Peugeot bikes, a time when technology was changing and the brand’s grip on the market was slowly but surely slipping away. Peugeot were still making cool bikes at this time, I’m in doubt...
by Dominic | Jan 2, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Bike and the Car I’d had my eye on this pink Mercier bike for a few days, so on the morning when I finally arranged to meet the seller and see the bike, I felt quite determined to buy it. It was about a 25 mile drive to the seller’s house, deep in the...
by Dominic | Dec 6, 2019 | Vintage French Bikes
Alan and Peugeot Niaz wrote to me recently with some pictures of his superb French bikes, with some excellent informative background about them. He’s kindly agreed that I can share them on this site, as they are two great examples of the best French bike...
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