I had to pick up the Stumpjumper Epic yesterday which the seller brought to Rio (Thanks Pim)! While I was in the neighborhood I picked up a old Peugeot MTB which I bought for €20. I was interested to see if I could use some parts. When I got home the bike seemed totally original with even the original tires. I found some old catalgues from 1986, but this one might be a bit earlier.

Can anyone help me date this old Peugeot? Did not clean it yet!

Sachs Huret mechs and Maillart hubs!

its a nice old thing looks like 84-85 ish at a guestimate.

Peugeot used this letter-type,the "Direct Brazing System" and the CAD-predicatum in the first half of the nineties: from '92 to circa '94-'95.
As I know "computer aided design" method was not in widespread use in the eighties.But the brakes and the shifters are seem to be from an earlier
period...

Looks cool Bart!
I don't know the age, but I noticed the lower end bikes often used older parts then available in that era, so they look older then they might be.

Thanks all!

Here's a link to some old Peugeot catalogues: http://www.peugeotshow.com/

Take a look at the 1986 US catalogue: http://www.peugeotshow.com/1986us/1986us_10.jpg

And this Dutch 1987 catalogue:
http://www.peugeotshow.com/1987nl/1987_19.jpg

Seems to be from that era....?!?

Here is a '87, looks like the same rear mech:

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerndgo/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Peugeot_Catalog_1986_USA_Page_10_Retropeugeot.jpg

Here they are talking about '86 or '87:

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-111048.html

The decals "peugeot" on your bike seems of a later period.

Tommy

Do you know which period?

No i don't
http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index ... 11048.html

Tommy

If you take a look at the 1988 and 1989 catalogues it's the same logo decal.

http://www.peugeotshow.com/

I owned this Peugeot model in the late eighties/early nineties. I was given to me by my neighour. He didn't use the bike anymore. Nice to see some photos of this model again!

The bike wasn't of high quality. At some point i even broke a rear brake mount on the frame while mountain biking. So don't brake to hard with this bike!

Bart,
Sure it's a '89
The decal "flames" are the same as the racing bikes in the '89 French cataloque.

Tommy

It looks very similar to my Sahara which is believed to be an '89. Same logo style, mostly similar components and the direct brazing. Mine is labelled as an HLE Mangalloy though rather than chromoly like yours.
Also AFAIK mine is a Halfords special for Britain and doesn't appear in the catalogues whereas the US Express does.

The Sahara is an '88, it was intended to be my first MTB after saving for 8 months but I ended up with a Raleigh Maverick GT. The Sahara was sold in Halfords of all places and wasn't a standard Peugeot catalogue bike. It was also higher up the range than the US Express (and it's UK equivalent) as it had 18 gears and Alloy Rims with Q/R.
I think the US Express is equivalent to the UK Alpina (which was again sold in Halfords and Catalogues not Cycle Shops) which had a similar HLE frame, but the Lee-Chi brake levers, crowned forks, friction (racthet) shifters, steel rims and 15 gears. it was one up from the Ranger and if your folks got you one over the Raleigh Mustang you'd done well!
The Alpina was Metallic Grey.

Carl.

Thanks Carl! I think you're spot on! You are right about the components! So you think it's from 1988 as well?

Cheers,
Bart