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Hello all,
Ive been looking at a lot of Raleigh and Peugeot racers on EBAY.
Basically me and my mate are doing a few bike rides, nothing amazing, just a steady ride with a few pub stops.
Hes got a 80's peugeot and its kinda got me hankering. I realise it will want new tyres etc more than likely and a good service grease etc.
But how much harder is it to really use than say a 500 quid modern one. he seemed fine peddling along with me.
Ive been looking at a lot of Raleigh and Peugeot racers on EBAY.
Basically me and my mate are doing a few bike rides, nothing amazing, just a steady ride with a few pub stops.
Hes got a 80's peugeot and its kinda got me hankering. I realise it will want new tyres etc more than likely and a good service grease etc.
But how much harder is it to really use than say a 500 quid modern one. he seemed fine peddling along with me.
They are very nice to ride with one definite and one possible weak points;
1, Brakes can be scary. Easily solved with a pair of "nutted" dia-comp duel pivot calipers (about £15 each), these work perfectly with old levers though and even if the bike has the good old 'suicide' levers, stopping is as a modern bike.
2, Depending on your fitness the bike may be over geared.
But other than that they are great. I love my 1984 Pug .
1, Brakes can be scary. Easily solved with a pair of "nutted" dia-comp duel pivot calipers (about £15 each), these work perfectly with old levers though and even if the bike has the good old 'suicide' levers, stopping is as a modern bike.
2, Depending on your fitness the bike may be over geared.
But other than that they are great. I love my 1984 Pug .
colin_p said:
They are very nice to ride with one definite and one possible weak points;
1, Brakes can be scary. Easily solved with a pair of "nutted" dia-comp duel pivot calipers (about £15 each), these work perfectly with old levers though and even if the bike has the good old 'suicide' levers, stopping is as a modern bike.
2, Depending on your fitness the bike may be over geared.
But other than that they are great. I love my 1984 Pug .
Got a pic Colin 1, Brakes can be scary. Easily solved with a pair of "nutted" dia-comp duel pivot calipers (about £15 each), these work perfectly with old levers though and even if the bike has the good old 'suicide' levers, stopping is as a modern bike.
2, Depending on your fitness the bike may be over geared.
But other than that they are great. I love my 1984 Pug .
Also how do you mean over geared ?
I have loads of pics but ever since photobucket shat itself I've no idea how to post them.
I've fitted the above mentioned dia-compe calipers to mine so stopping is good. I've also fitted a mtb chain set to it as well as the bike was over geared for me these days, Iused to be able to push on with 52-12 gearing but not now.
I've fitted the above mentioned dia-compe calipers to mine so stopping is good. I've also fitted a mtb chain set to it as well as the bike was over geared for me these days, Iused to be able to push on with 52-12 gearing but not now.
Non indexed shifters on the downtube take some practice! But bikes from that period can ride really well, especially something made from a decent tube set (Reynolds, Columbus etc). I did a 50 mile sortive on a borrowed bob Jackson, from about 1980, it was a lovely thing to ride. One of my mates has a late 1970s Gios Torino with super record gears, he did the Paris Roubaix ride on it with no issues.
Over geared- don’t expect to be spinning up hills. Grinding out of the saddle is the name of the game.
Over geared- don’t expect to be spinning up hills. Grinding out of the saddle is the name of the game.
Edited by lufbramatt on Monday 16th July 06:10
you can have some great fun with 80's racers...
it all starts out with an innocent browse on ebay, and the next thing is you have bought a lovely late 80's Colnago 'Master Pui' frameset and have thoughts about building it up with a full-on vintage groupset. That idea soon went after seeing the crazy prices for NOS campag stuff, so 'plan-B' kicked in which was to build a retro ride with a modern twist..
In went Campag 10 speed mechs/shifters and decent modern brakes, but also to keep the retro feel I fitted vintage panto'd stem, handlebars, and seatpost. Also for comfort I went with a lovely Selle turbo saddle.
And you know what....it's a fabulous ride and has become my 'goto' sunny day bike (eclipsing my lovely Litespeed titanium/carbon Ultimate..) whenever it's out it always gets great comments and its no slouch either...
it all starts out with an innocent browse on ebay, and the next thing is you have bought a lovely late 80's Colnago 'Master Pui' frameset and have thoughts about building it up with a full-on vintage groupset. That idea soon went after seeing the crazy prices for NOS campag stuff, so 'plan-B' kicked in which was to build a retro ride with a modern twist..
In went Campag 10 speed mechs/shifters and decent modern brakes, but also to keep the retro feel I fitted vintage panto'd stem, handlebars, and seatpost. Also for comfort I went with a lovely Selle turbo saddle.
And you know what....it's a fabulous ride and has become my 'goto' sunny day bike (eclipsing my lovely Litespeed titanium/carbon Ultimate..) whenever it's out it always gets great comments and its no slouch either...
Top Banana said:
you can have some great fun with 80's racers...
it all starts out with an innocent browse on ebay, and the next thing is you have bought a lovely late 80's Colnago 'Master Pui' frameset and have thoughts about building it up with a full-on vintage groupset. That idea soon went after seeing the crazy prices for NOS campag stuff, so 'plan-B' kicked in which was to build a retro ride with a modern twist..
In went Campag 10 speed mechs/shifters and decent modern brakes, but also to keep the retro feel I fitted vintage panto'd stem, handlebars, and seatpost. Also for comfort I went with a lovely Selle turbo saddle.
And you know what....it's a fabulous ride and has become my 'goto' sunny day bike (eclipsing my lovely Litespeed titanium/carbon Ultimate..) whenever it's out it always gets great comments and its no slouch either...
Very very nice. Well may you wear it Sir. it all starts out with an innocent browse on ebay, and the next thing is you have bought a lovely late 80's Colnago 'Master Pui' frameset and have thoughts about building it up with a full-on vintage groupset. That idea soon went after seeing the crazy prices for NOS campag stuff, so 'plan-B' kicked in which was to build a retro ride with a modern twist..
In went Campag 10 speed mechs/shifters and decent modern brakes, but also to keep the retro feel I fitted vintage panto'd stem, handlebars, and seatpost. Also for comfort I went with a lovely Selle turbo saddle.
And you know what....it's a fabulous ride and has become my 'goto' sunny day bike (eclipsing my lovely Litespeed titanium/carbon Ultimate..) whenever it's out it always gets great comments and its no slouch either...
This thread is a temptation now. I wouldn't have gone on ebay and found this if I'd stayed away. 1990 Raleigh Volant
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Raleigh-volant-...
Just like my first good bike.
I'm very much on an s/s+1 kind of level at the moment having bought a bike without pre-auth so I would encourage someone else to buy it. It had indexed downtube shifters for a slick ride.
Brochure: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/56028-4/Rale...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Raleigh-volant-...
Just like my first good bike.
I'm very much on an s/s+1 kind of level at the moment having bought a bike without pre-auth so I would encourage someone else to buy it. It had indexed downtube shifters for a slick ride.
Brochure: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/56028-4/Rale...
Ilovejapcrap said:
right im getting well up for this now.
I love the colour schemes of Raleigh and Peugeot from my youth.
But Ive seen a sun solo NR me anyone heard of them
I am fairly sure that the 'sun' bikes from the 80's were a pretty low-spec bunch. You are better off trying to find a decent Raleigh or Peugeot that has a reynolds 501 or similar tubeset frame... This would be a much better start point I love the colour schemes of Raleigh and Peugeot from my youth.
But Ive seen a sun solo NR me anyone heard of them
Keep us all posted on the project...
Top Banana said:
you can have some great fun with 80's racers...
it all starts out with an innocent browse on ebay, and the next thing is you have bought a lovely late 80's Colnago 'Master Pui' frameset and have thoughts about building it up with a full-on vintage groupset...
Or two Vitus 979, one NOS...it all starts out with an innocent browse on ebay, and the next thing is you have bought a lovely late 80's Colnago 'Master Pui' frameset and have thoughts about building it up with a full-on vintage groupset...
I started cycling in 1985 and would pour over the Raleigh, Peugeot & Dawes catalogues from the time. I have a real soft spot for the era and I will usually have a good look on eBay once a week to see if something catches my eye. What is true though is that there are no bargains to be had. Anything half decent in good condition is usually associated with a crazy price. Compared to a modern bike it’ll feel a bit heavy, the gearing will most likely be a 52/42 up front so the hills could be a slog. Non indexed gears take some getting used to, the risk of smashing your nuts into the top tube mean that you’ll get the knack quickly enough, that said there’s plenty that’ll have indexed gears.
Happy hunting!
Here’s mine. It’s a lovely old thing from 1985. Still gets used now and again and rides beautifully.,
Happy hunting!
Here’s mine. It’s a lovely old thing from 1985. Still gets used now and again and rides beautifully.,
I"ve got a couple of old peugeots... lovely things. one made of cheap steel (carbolight) but with a px10 paint job, the other made of vitus steel, whihc live on the turbo trainer.
I built up an early 90s peugeot a few years back, put some tiagra brakes on so it would stop and did many miles before accepting that it was too big (61cm)
I built up an early 90s peugeot a few years back, put some tiagra brakes on so it would stop and did many miles before accepting that it was too big (61cm)
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