Is a Puegot bike any good or worth working on and restoring?

Question

I have a Puegot bicycle that is a road bike. It looks like it's pretty old. Says made in France. Rides pretty well. Is this a good bike or a piece of junk?

Answer 1

If I understand your question correctly, I can give you a straight answer from working in the business.



Bicycles only depreciate in value.



This industry is much different from others in that 'old' doesn't mean 'desirable'. Old just means junk. Unfortunately, bicycles are not museum pieces either. The general range is about 15 years, beyond that, a bicycle may be good to melt down and sell the metal. Look for the word "steel" somewhere on the frame. There might be a phrase like "high-tensile steel tubing" on it. If the frame says "steel" anything, then it's from the early 80s at the latest. Road bikes stopped being made of steel a long long time ago.



Another easy way to tell the age of a road bike is by weighing it. Lift it up onto it's rear wheel and put the entire thing on a scale. If it's over 25 lbs, it's old. The heavier, the older. This is only for road bikes, other bikes will naturally weigh more.



If that's the case, most bike shops in big cities will turn you away if you bring it in for repair, because the industry is always growing, and getting components for a bike more than 15 years old becomes very difficult. The reason is, manufacturers may go under, or simply stop making those parts. If it is old, and it needs alot of work, a shop may also suggest just buying a new one, because in some cases believe it or not, the cost of getting a very old bike to working like new, may be greater than just getting a new one.



Of course you can still enjoy it and ride it often if it suits you, just be aware that as time goes by, maintenance will become more costly, and may become impossible to find a store in your area that can do the necessary work.

Answer 2

Peugeot and other french bikes are maligned because a lot of the parts they use are odd sized. For a long time, this was a big problem, as nothing was available. A company called velo orange is making new parts for french bicycles, though, so it isn't as much of a problem as it used to be. Peugeots are, on the whole, pretty decent bikes. WELL restored ones can fetch a decent bit of loot, particularly the mixtes. If the parts you need are available, and it hasn't been abused too badly, it is definitely worth working on and restoring.



Good luck!

Answer 3

It will depend on which model. The lower end ones used steel rims and were fairly heavy, although they were well made and rode well. The entry level models were the AO8 and the UO8. Higher up were the PA10 and the PX10 which were very nice lightweight bikes. Both of these had lightweight alloy wheels and tubular tires. All Peugeots made in France used French threading for bottom brackets and headsets, and stems were also in French sizes, so finding replacements could be difficult.

Answer 4

If it fits and is comfortable that is all you need. There is a lot of them around, probably not worth restoring but clean it up and ride it. I had an old roadmaster race bike, it was junk but I enjoyed riding it at the time. I didn't know how bad it was and didn't care.

Answer 5

Check Sheldon Brown's website:



http://sheldonbrown.com/velos.html

Answer 6

If it is a PX10 - restore it without changing the decals or paint. If you can take it to a pro that can strip, paint and replace the original decals with new old stock, that would be awesome.

Answer 7

$one hundred twenty five max if each little thing works possibly ranging to 150 it does have some campy stuff, the brakes look intense-high quality seat = crappy nevertheless is it your length? feels like for a individual approximately 5'9 or so additionally seems nicely ridden undesirable for you hidden issues would exist bearings rust placed on wle

Answer 8

hi



peugeot bikes are ok, but your not going to make money trying to restore it except for your own satisfaction, you need a raleigh or a bike with heritage to make a profit.

Answer 9

if it rides well what is the problem?



if you like it it;s good



if you do have to replace parts, you may have a dilemma since some are unavailable and/or expensive and no cheap fix or substitute exists



other than that, ride it til something breaks





wle.