[CR]UO-8 bites the dust

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:09:44 +0200
From: "Amir Avitzur" <avitzur@013.net>
To: Classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]UO-8 bites the dust

I've had lots of bikes over the years but the one that lasted the longest was my Peugeot UO-8 Mixte. Got it used in 1978.

It was my city/commuter bike until last year when my boy started taking it to school. Last week he gave up on it complaining of a strange shimmy. So I took it for a ride and looked for the shimmy. The shimmy was very prominent.

Turns out that the downtube was cracked 3/4 of the way around. The crack started under the old shifter boss and promptly disappeared under the cable clip (used with thumb shifters). I'm tempted to fix it, as its a very loyal bike. But there are visible cracks along the brake bridge and minor one's elsewhere.

Sometimes you just got to let go.

Amir Avitzur
Ramat-Gan, Israel