Guinessisgoodforyou
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Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.
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1939 Peugeot luxury tourist Bike. Sympathetically restored, a stunning pre war bicycle. The fork crown is very nice.
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A tactile beauty as well; the touch points on the shift lever and wheel nuts beg to be caressed
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An unusual and unidentified Randonneur, drum brakes and a rather nice pressed steel front rack. Owners translation below.
I don't know much about old bikes and I found this old bike marked Roeselare in the cellar.
I did some research on the name on the internet without finding a match except for the name of a shop in Belgium.
I don't know much about old bikes and I found this old bike marked Roeselare in the cellar.
I did some research on the name on the internet without finding a match except for the name of a shop in Belgium.
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A nice restoration of a PX40M. I like this colour a lot.
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Nice and shiny.
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A mid 1930s Peugeot Polymultiplee. Owners translation below.
A Peugeot, which belonged to my grandfather you can still see his name on the ring above the steering bearing.
My aim is simple: to find information about the original model, and get the beast back on the road by sticking as closely as possible to the original!
Unfortunately, I don't have much information from my family, my grandfather had the bike during the war, that's all. My initial research leads me towards the years close to the war, with little data available.
I may have got it all wrong, but it looks like a polymutlipliée from the late 30s.
I don't know if the bike has been painted, but I doubt it: it was used by the grandfather at the time, but since then it's been sleeping in a barn for at least 29 years, as I've always known it to be in storage.
I'm going to take the exact measurements of the wheels on my next visit to the site, as well as the frame number: I'm so happy to finally get started I didn't look at everything last time.
I still don't know exactly whether it's going to stay as is or whether I'm going to give it a ‘makeover’.
I'm slowly gathering information:
The wheels are 700C
The serial number is only partially legible (because of the frame repaint), and I don't want to scratch the paint. All I know is that it ends with 27. Will that help me date the bike?
A bit of news. My grandfather used to work at the post office, and under the paint we find dark yellow, strangely enough. I can't find much information on the post office bikes used during those years.
The serial number is now clearly legible, with a doubt between 6 and 8:
858327 or 656327.
Under the handlebars is a ring bearing my grandfather's name, with a date on the back: 1933.
Translation, discussion of age below seems to date around 1933-1935 so well pre war the 700c wheels don't add up though, possibly later additions, possible catalogue entries are below too (GIGFY)
Judging by the serial number and the shape of the fittings, I think it's a 1932 model.
I'm correcting myself after re-adjusting my dating model.
The serial number 656 327 would be more consistent with production at the very beginning of 1933 and therefore with a 1933 model.
It also makes it more consistent with known catalogues.
In the 1932 catalogue, there is no Cyclo derailleur model.
In the 1933 catalogue, there are polymultiplier models with 3-speed derailleur.
A Peugeot, which belonged to my grandfather you can still see his name on the ring above the steering bearing.
My aim is simple: to find information about the original model, and get the beast back on the road by sticking as closely as possible to the original!
Unfortunately, I don't have much information from my family, my grandfather had the bike during the war, that's all. My initial research leads me towards the years close to the war, with little data available.
I may have got it all wrong, but it looks like a polymutlipliée from the late 30s.
I don't know if the bike has been painted, but I doubt it: it was used by the grandfather at the time, but since then it's been sleeping in a barn for at least 29 years, as I've always known it to be in storage.
I'm going to take the exact measurements of the wheels on my next visit to the site, as well as the frame number: I'm so happy to finally get started I didn't look at everything last time.
I still don't know exactly whether it's going to stay as is or whether I'm going to give it a ‘makeover’.
I'm slowly gathering information:
The wheels are 700C
The serial number is only partially legible (because of the frame repaint), and I don't want to scratch the paint. All I know is that it ends with 27. Will that help me date the bike?
A bit of news. My grandfather used to work at the post office, and under the paint we find dark yellow, strangely enough. I can't find much information on the post office bikes used during those years.
The serial number is now clearly legible, with a doubt between 6 and 8:
858327 or 656327.
Under the handlebars is a ring bearing my grandfather's name, with a date on the back: 1933.
Translation, discussion of age below seems to date around 1933-1935 so well pre war the 700c wheels don't add up though, possibly later additions, possible catalogue entries are below too (GIGFY)
Judging by the serial number and the shape of the fittings, I think it's a 1932 model.
I'm correcting myself after re-adjusting my dating model.
The serial number 656 327 would be more consistent with production at the very beginning of 1933 and therefore with a 1933 model.
It also makes it more consistent with known catalogues.
In the 1932 catalogue, there is no Cyclo derailleur model.
In the 1933 catalogue, there are polymultiplier models with 3-speed derailleur.
