80's racers

[Ilovejapcrap]

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.

[Ilovejapcrap]

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

Also how do you mean over geared ?

[Ilovejapcrap]

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

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andySC said:

Here’s mine. It’s a lovely old thing from 1985. Still gets used now and again and rides beautifully.,

that's what i want

[Ilovejapcrap]

I thought I’d get maybe one reply to this thread.

Starting to see why people want 150 quid for a racer with a chipped / slight rust frame now

Lol