[CR] advice for Peugeot (or other French) build--gold Simplex and Mafac

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:56:28 -0700
From: "Charlotte Bronte" <j1847e@yahoo.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.9.1249326001.52375.classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] advice for Peugeot (or other French) build--gold Simplex and Mafac


All the talk of the Motobecane has got me thinking again about a French bike for the vintage stable, to join the Belgian (78 Merckx and 76 Main D'Or) and the Italian (77 Colnago Super).  I have a lovely set of parts that I would like to grace my future French bike--matching gold Simplex SLJ derailleurs with gold friction downtube shifters plus matching gold Mafac drilled levers and Competition centerpull brakes.  I also have an appropriate Stronglight crankset.  In my mind's eye is the 1976 Peugeot PY 10 ridden by Bernard Thevenet in the Tour.  These parts, I believe, were on his bike.  I have fallen in love with the SLJs (thanks to advice given here) after putting another set on my randonneur bike (82 Univega Gran Turismo). 

My question to CR is this: aside from that year's PY 10, what other bikes from that era would make a good match for these bits?  This would be a rider, and would need to be on the lighter and more responsive side of the spectrum; my club always hammers, and I like to keep up with the young bucks as best I can.  But I like to keep things more or less period correct, too.

Any advice welcome.

Sore from 90 very fast k on the Colnago, as always the lone KOF among the carbonistas.

Robert Aguirre Detroit, MI

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