Monkeymember, I think this is an "club racer" one step below the PX-10, a PRN-10 or something like that, from the early to mid 70s judging from the decals. In that era, the full 531 DB frames from an amazing number of French makers all had half chromed forks amd stays, almost like an unwritten industry standard. Bikes like the one shown, with half chrome forks but painted stays, usually had 531 main tubes (usually butted) or occasionaly top end Vitus tubes. This rule isn't ironclad, but it is amazing how often it held true. Of course few of your components are original.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Monkeyman wrote:
> I'm not sure what model the bike is since there is no tubing sticker, but
> it has Simplex dropouts. Anyway, I got it to use for a winter bike but it
> was just too small. Here's the breakdown of parts:
>
> Size: Seattube 52cm C-to-C, Toptube 54 C-to-C
> Frame: Unknown tubeset 531?, but has Simplex dropouts
> Wheels: Phil Wood steel center hubs (some rust spots as seen in the pic)
> laced to 27" Rigida Blue label rims with a 5 speed
> 13-34? freewheel
> Cranks, BB, and pedals: The cranks and BB are 171mm Sugino Mighty Tour with
> Kyokuto Proace quill pedals
> Brakes: Levers and calipers are early style Shimano 600
> Shifters and Deraileurs: Shifters are Simplex alloy with plastc covers,
> rear derail is Suntour VG-T, front is Shimano Deore
> deer style
>
> There are pictures and a little more info at:
> http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/
>
> I'd like to get $150+ shipping (no boxing fee) for it, but feel free to
> make offers.
> While you're there you might want to check out the rest of the stuff.
> WARNING: much of it non-classic.
> http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/
>
> thanks,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>
> PS: If you could help with the model ID that would be great.
>
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