>BTW, I also found a near perfect (but completely striped down) Peugeot Mixte frame in the garbage. I have built it up into a great bike for running errands. A strange thing about it is that it was apparently a 10 speed but it has only one brazed on fitting for a down-tube friction shift lever (on the right side) so I have to shift the chain ring manually, unless it was intended to be a five speeed?
I have the same model mixte. This frame was marketed as both a five speed and ten speed. The five speeds were set up with a single lever and a single chainring. For the ten speeds Simplex made a shift lever clamp that had a lever just on the left side with an opening in the band on the right side that fit around the brazeon. This is the rig I've got on mine. Since you've got a double chainring, your bike is probably missing this lever/clamp.
Bob Hovey Columbus, GA
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA