>
> I have been doing much the same thing after upgrading my old Fuji Sports
> 10 for RAGBRAI and then acquiring a slightly newer Fuji Sagres 12-speed.
> Fortunately, I've been able to pick up a couple of things under the
> radar.
>
> The guy I bought the Sagres from is a picker in the area. He's been
> finding bikes here and there, cleaning out old ladies' garages, and he
> attends auctions constantly. He has a little bit of a different view of
> what he's got than I do. There was one bike he had with a nice frame,
> but it had been in water and the whole drive train was a rusty mess. I
> looked at it and thought, "That's a pretty good frame." He looked at it
> and said, "I don't think I'm gonna be able to salvage that chain."
>
I found the Nishiki in a Goodwill for just $15. After new tyres and
inner tubes it was well up to par and just needs to have the handlebars
retaped. After pricing out a few of the components I get the feeling that
it's probably worth $1,000 or more.
The Peugeot was given to me. The chain was almost a solid piece of rust
and there were no pedals. Took me a whole afternoon to work enough oil into
the chain that it wouldn't bind in the rear derailleur. Replaced the tyres,
inner tubes, brakes, front derailleur, rear derailleur pulleys, and saddle
and it runs just fine. All I need to do is modify the shifters from stock
downtube to Suntour barend and do the taping. In 1975 a bike like this cost
around $450, and I had only $375 saved up, but it was just enough money for
a Motobecane with the same components. I made a few changes in the early
years, and I still have it. It's a wonderful touring bike.
Nice thing about this Peugeot is that it was assembled in France well
before they started doing so in Canada. All of the components are French
except for the pedals and later the barend shifters, though I'm looking
around for decent French parts to replace those.
Chris
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