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Re: I've been lurking in the background for a while but thought you retro types might like a Peugeot Aneto related update. This baby is now a race winner. Oh yes sir! Somewhat hilariously it not only won the Tour of Ayrshire 'Tour Classic' category (not the most hotly contested I have...

Re: I run ten speed on my 126mm spaced 753...forgive me (for I might have sinned!). I did remove a washer from the left hand side of the axle and re-dish the wheel slightly. Goes in fine with enough clearance for the smallest sprocket. There's a thread on here somewhere talking about...

Re: Ooh, I like a good old Wienmann 500! In addition to the advice above, albeit a bit bodgetastic, is to use zip ties threaded around the slot where the pads fix and the fork blades: it stops them flexing, especially if you've drilled them to buggery! People are right, they were pretty...

Re: I sympathise! I use Vittoria Open Corsa's (or somesuch) and they have amber cotton sidewalls. Bit pricey, but less that £45 a tyre when I got them. Nice classic looks and they don't half ride well. Bit like a tubular.

Re: Great frames - good luck. I've got a 62cm built up with Mavic SSC kit in the collection! I think there's a picture on here somewhere...

one man's misfortune is another's gain eh :lol: As above, if the forks haven't been stressed beyond their elastic limit they should go on for ever - or at least, the line graph of fatigue will be an extremely slowly drooping one! I bet there's still a few aircraft and motorbikes built in the...

HLloyd cycles will do you an original 753 sticker for about £5 - just ordered one for my Perthus

Hello there. The bearings and cone will work with the new hyperglide freehub no problem (although you'll probably like to fit new bearings seeing as you've got it apart anyway). The only farting around you might have to do is with the axle spacers and dustcap - the dustcap on the end of a...

Good luck with your endeavours. I swapped a 6 speed uniglide freehub for a 7 speed hyperglide (on old Shim 600 hubs) recently and it worked perfectly. Bit of minor fiddling around with the cones/spacers/dustcovers etc. but nothing major. Might be easier to remove the uniglide body and...

Evening all I've got a Reynolds 653 frame, and I know 'technically' it comprises a mixture of 753 stays and 531 main tubes, but I was wondering...what are the forks made out of? Would they be 753? Or 531? And the 531 main triangle. Is it regular 531c or something thinner like 531Pro? And...

Cool - its turned out well hasn't it. Weinmann 500's eh. One of the lightest callipers money could buy, especially if you drilled them out (like some time triallists used to do!). You're a bit challenged with steel rims, they're always a bit slippery! We used to put zip ties wrapped round the...

I had one of these for my 10th birthday - had it for ages and ages. Great little bike! I remember my pals couldn't believe I had 10 gears - it was outrageous!

The retro Peugeot tackles Alpe dHuez! ...attracted quite a lot of attention over in its homeland: "Peugeot - cest magnifique" followed by "you're not taking 'that' up the alpe are you??" :D It made it though! It does ride very nicely, very smooth. It is also quite 'whippy' (those forks...

That is terrific. A very nice 'modernisation'. I've just done something similar with the model below, the 653 Athena. Are the clearances very tight on your frame too? I also used Vittoria tyres but the 25mm ones I bought were just too tight (the rear one would rub on the chainstay when out...

It's a 62cm frame (biggest you could get!) and i'm a long legged 6'3". I ride alongside my club mates, towering over them, and they think they're riding kids bikes in comparison! Good luck with your build. I have been following it with interest. Your frame looks a bit better than mine...