Peugeot Puymorens restoration - help and parts needed

[vaux]

Hi, I have been given this bike by my grandpa and am looking to restore it.

I took it into my local bike store and they said the cassettes and chain were worn, I have taken lots of pictures as ive heard you guys are good at this kind of stuff so was looking for some help!

Does anyone have any of the parts I need or know where i could source them from?

I think i need;

-rear cassette

-front chain rings maybe?

-brake pads

-derailleurs?

-brake hoods

anything else anyone can think of?

what is the best thing to do with the rust?

Also, im just interested to know why there is a tour de france engraving on the bars, any ideas?

Can any one date the bike at all? There is a picture with the frame number on a sticker on the side of the bike - 5099359 PX10SH58 i think

Sorry for so many questions, as you can tell I am new to all this restoration stuff so any help would be much appreciated

All the picture are on the link below
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64848920@N ... 996351679/

Thanks

 

[Qubit]

Without seeing the parts its difficult to tell, but i would hazard a guess that most of that is salvagable to one degree or another, chainrings dont look worn out from pics, nor does the cassette.

Mostly it just needs a bloody good clean! To do this properly requires removing parts from the bike. Only area of slight concern is the rust around the bottom braket shell.

Its a nice bike by the way, dates from 86/87 at a guess, but perhaps someone else will know better. PX-10 model with 531 pro tubing.


The handlebars are Atax Phillipe Guidon, the TDF bit is the model. I had some fitted to my other peugeot.

Occasionally you see NOS non aero hoods on ebay, or compatible part.

 

[vaux]

thanks for getting back to me, sounds like good advice!

does anyone else have any other opinions? thanks

 

[milko]

Told you it needed a good clean! Muck Off is 3 for 2 at tesco at the moment!

 

[vaux]

ooh good shout i might pop up sometime! would you by any chance have the tools to take my bike apart?

 

[milko]

Probably most of them but I am short I headset spammer and chain whip.

 

[vaux]

yeah there the ones i need really i think, cheers anyway! theres a guy up near peter hansford who does bike restoration but he doesnt have a phone and was out when i went round so might just try that again to see on prices!

 

[retro-rich]

That's a nice looking bike. 531 tubing, good quality, but as Qubit said the rust around the bb needs a closer look, and also the bridge between the rear chain stays looks bad aswell, I'm not the best to advise on this though as am battling some rust issues myself on a similarly aged bike, still learning

However, I wouldn't go changing derailliurs etc yet. Strip the parts off the bike and clean, the chrome can be cleaned up with brasso or something. You would probably want to replace the brake and gear cables aswell if they are old, including the outers.

The rear cogs I would guess are on a freewheel rather than cassette, someone will correct me if I'm wrong. If so, you won't need a chain whip, just the right adaptor and a big wrench, but if just swapping them over get the lbs to do it as he'll have the tool, replacing it is a case of screwing the new one into place.

I would doubt the front chainrings need changing, as I understand it they don't wear as quick as the rear cogs.

 

[Qubit]

If the rear hub matches the front (would be fh-6207) then it should be a 6 speed uniglide cassette (ie freehub). These usually require 2 chainwhips to remove. However, Sheldon Brown gives a neat trick for removing them without any special tools:

About a quarter of the way down the page under the Uniglide heading:

http://sheldonbrown.com/k7.html

 

[franglais]

Hi,

Would agree with the advice about cleaning it first!

The shimano 600 equipment it is equipped with was pretty indestructible, and still work well on a number of our club rider's bikes... we're all of an age where we've never thrown things away!

Be wary about changing shifters/mechs etc if you want to retain a proper period piece. Around the time this machine was built there was little component interchangeability even within the shimano range itself; so for instance a 105 rear mech wouldn't necessarily work with a 600 front mech.

In my opinion definitely worth trying to restore what you've got to get a properly running machine.

Have fun