Old thread but just found it. When I first got into cycling in 88 I saved and saved for a Peugeot Aravis. I still remember paying £450 for a it, 531pro, 105 components (some of the best brakes ever made), mavic MA40's, it was a great bike, I remember getting sub 22 minutes on my local 10 tt with just drop bars (though soon got rid of those horrible biopace rings). The great thing is its still running. After a couple of years it became a winter bike and I got it powder coated as it was chipped quite badly. Up until this year I used it as my commuting bike. My 2012 plan is to get it resprayed and retro build. I have c record deltas, gears and a chorus chainset, open 4cd/chorus hubs, simplex levers waiting to get used. I still love this bike. 25 1/4" is big and you do get a small amount of flex but its lovely to ride. Will post some pics when its up and running. The only thing that will annoy the purists out there is I will be putting an A head stem on as it will get my position perfect (old fart now with back pain).
VIVA PEUGEOT