Anyone got any insight on this frameset?

[Camberwell123]

Maybe not subterfuge, just somewhat lackluster selling.

Regardless of the actual value, £150 is a lot of money so I wouldn't expect so many surprises. In my opinion too much of the info passed on turned out to be untrue.

It's a nice frame, I like the colour and I'd already started buying parts for it while waiting for it to arrive so I'll keep it, or sell it on locally at a later date.

I would hope the seller would be more accurate with future listings, so this could have been avoided.

Sorry if I'm out of line. I appreciate the input and help from all who have commented. And will leave it at that.

 

[Camberwell123]

While I've got people here, there's another thing I'd like to pick your brains about...

The reinforcement in the steerer is preventing me from inserting a stem, it would fit in about an inch but wouldn't let me push it past the minimum insertion point.

I've cut it down.. now the thread doesn't go up the bolt far enough. Does anyone have a very short quill stem? or just a bolt that has thread going up most of the length of it? Or maybe someone has another nifty solution

The file line indicates how far it fits into the frame now its been cut

 

[Chat Noir]

Re:

Happen to be stripping / rebuilding my son’s Peugeot 531 Pro from 1988. Looking inside the forks guess what I saw – internal rifling, identical to the one in the photo, but only at the bottom. That has surprised me. The frame weighs 1968 g and I have no reason to doubt that it’s anything but what it’s supposed to be (Reynolds advertised the frameset at 1900g). The forks are 704 g, heavier than 753.

The Dave Moulton link was really useful, thanks Shaun. Peugeot did use Columbus tubing in the late 80s so all I can think is that the framebuilder simply used what was at hand, ie mixed tubesets, not uncommon. The paintwork on the forks is consistent with the rest of the frame, ie undercoat and final coat visible, French decals, etc.

May not solve the puzzle of your frame, but provides another possibility, ie Columbus forks but could still be 753 frame, although slightly heavy. What’s certain, though, is that quality oozes out of the frame, good paint job and very clean internally (unlike the old and well used 531 Pro I’m about to reassemble).

Good luck.

 

[Camberwell123]

I am speculating that the forks may be a later replacement, and that the steerer was cut down to accommodate the frame (would explain why the rifling is so near the top?).... As it is, it looks like I may need to get the fork steerer reamed, to allow a quill to be inserted.

Going to take it into my local frame repairs / builders place and see what they think, and whether its feasible to take some of the spiral reinforcements out.