Re: [CR]Remembered..Peugeot AO-8 / UO-8 fork blades

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From: <RALEIGH531@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:49:01 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]Remembered..Peugeot AO-8 / UO-8 fork blades
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 7/4/01 2:27:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:


> No, not to fear.. It was welded along it's length... Don't you remember not
> long ago on this forum, the almost-persuasive arguments made for seamed
> tubing such as Ishiwata and TrueTemper? I also do not recall any Peugeot
> forks failing.. I think they were of cheaper steel and just compensated for
> by using a thicker gauge.
>

Having thrown this fork away a year ago, I can't check it. Maybe they had meant to weld it, or, the weld failed. I remember definitely sliding a piece of paper into the seam at a couple places. This followed by reflex action of flinging same into dumpster.(it was rusted)