Re: Peugeot 653 Athena (Few more bits arrive 25th July)
Cheers Guys
Nathanm, nope not doing on it by halves, the original plan was to do it slowly and to do it with used parts but when I started looking around and saw how much nos there was out there I got carried away and I think its a combination of the weather and having the frame here that has made me do it quick rather than slow.
531 pro, I've read your thread on current Peugeot and have to say what a great looking bike it is, your right thou its really hard to find the rear gears. The 1st one I bought arrived and went up to 32t which just looked silly managed to sell that on now thou and only came out of it a fiver down. The one on the bike now is a free wheel. I managed to find a nos ultegra one in the size I wanted. I could have got an 8spd one on there but the gear levers are only 7 and as the bike says 14 spd index on the rear I thought I'd keep it 14. I did actually have this ones big brother 753 frame when I was 15 but never finished it. In fact I bought this thinking thats what it was as its been so long and thought maybe it was a 653 I had back then. Of course I now know it wasn't. But thats why I decided to build it as I would have back then. And I know some will shoot me down but I always did prefer the way Shimano looked over Campag.
Any pics of your Athena yet ?
Cheers Guys
Nathanm, nope not doing on it by halves, the original plan was to do it slowly and to do it with used parts but when I started looking around and saw how much nos there was out there I got carried away and I think its a combination of the weather and having the frame here that has made me do it quick rather than slow.
531 pro, I've read your thread on current Peugeot and have to say what a great looking bike it is, your right thou its really hard to find the rear gears. The 1st one I bought arrived and went up to 32t which just looked silly managed to sell that on now thou and only came out of it a fiver down. The one on the bike now is a free wheel. I managed to find a nos ultegra one in the size I wanted. I could have got an 8spd one on there but the gear levers are only 7 and as the bike says 14 spd index on the rear I thought I'd keep it 14. I did actually have this ones big brother 753 frame when I was 15 but never finished it. In fact I bought this thinking thats what it was as its been so long and thought maybe it was a 653 I had back then. Of course I now know it wasn't. But thats why I decided to build it as I would have back then. And I know some will shoot me down but I always did prefer the way Shimano looked over Campag.
Any pics of your Athena yet ?