Hi, Bob--
I had bid $266.66, trying to get it on the cheap as a commuter for my wife. In my opinion, in the condition it's in, it's worth $600. Maybe not going by the book, but where are you gonna find another in that shape? Heck, just the parts... I think you got a deal. Congratulations! Let me know how she rides. :-)
Cheers,
Peter Jourdain (ebay: monolithmonster)
Whitewater, Wisconsin USA
> Greetings all. I have just won this auction, and
> you may all hate me
> for having now driven up the eBay-value of a heavy,
> steel, plebeian,
> French bicycle this much, but I couldn't resist.
> Sill, $ 292 is far
> from a great amount for even a vintage frameset. [
> It was just $3 less
> than my maximum bid amount entered. ]
>
>
http://ebay.com/
>
> I decided I wanted this bike for a number of
> reasons.
>
> First of all, I know almost nothing about the bike.
> I do not know how
> old it is, but it certainly looks to be as late as
> mid-1970s - yet, it
> does not appear in my 1974 catalog. However,
> perhaps this was just an
> omission from the American market version of the
> Peugeot catalog. That
> would be understandable because this sort of
> "all-frills" bike was
> definitely not what Americans seemed to want over
> the crest of the Bike
> Boom years. Instead, we seem to have turned
> overwhelmingly toward
> lighter weight and necessarily more stripped down
> bikes for our
> recreational rides. Rather sad.
>
> So, one reason I thought this would be a
> historically "important" bike
> to have is precisely because it seems to be the
> ultimate trickle-down
> result of all of the advances and technologies
> derived from the
> Constructeur bikes... now culminating in an
> affordable daily rider for
> the working class man.
>
> Bike is complete with full fenders, front and rear
> generator powered
> lighting, front and rear racks, a trouser guard
> outer ring on the
> crankset, and simple street-shoe welcoming pedals
> (which in this case
> appear to be Lyotard model 36-R). A French auction
> watcher mentioned
> 650B tires, but I have my doubts, and would suspect
> 27 x 1 1/4" to be
> the likely rubber for a US bound bike. But, then
> again, I never would
> have expected to see this sort of a "Full-Dresser"
> bicycle in the US, at
> all.
>
> I'm truly surprised to see the bike in such fine
> condition. The paint
> appears to be basically perfect, there seems to be
> virtually no rust on
> the steel cranks and even on the chromed
> fork-ends... in itself, rather
> a triumph for ANY French bike, much less for what I
> suspect would have
> been a lower rung model, at least in price.
>
> Of course, like all my bikes, I intend to pamper
> this one. However, I
> certainly intend to also ride it often - just as it
> was intended to be
> treated the day it was built.
>
> Before bidding, I had asked the seller if they were
> prepared for the
> complexities of packing such an elaborately rigged
> bike, and was assured
> that they had discussed it at length with a local
> bike shop which was
> used to shipping even tandems. But, we shall see
> how well it actually
> survives the trip. And, I'll give The List my
> hands-on evaluation of
> the bike, along with more details as soon as it does
> arrive.
>
> In the meanwhile, I'd certainly welcome any
> comments, information, or
> observations anyone might care to offer about this
> model - one which I
> have certainly never seen before, here in the US.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob Hanson, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
>
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