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and hopefully it'll be plenty tough for Welsh mountains (God Willing)...
That looks lovely Duncan
That's lovely.i had a red one through my teenage years. Steel everything, cranks, rims, bars 42/52 chainrings and a 5-speed 28 tooth cassette on the back. I could climb all the hills in Teesdale on it . God knows how. It makes by knees hurt just thinking about it now. Good luck on the ride.pistonbroke wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:50 pm It's just about 2 years since I entered the L'Eroica Hispania, following 3 postponements it will finally take place next Sunday. Thought it was about time I dug the 1978 Peugeot that I bought locally for €65 and set about making it vaguely ridable. The original date was June 2020 so on the basis of it promising a long sunny day, I signed up for the 188km long course, now in mid October we're faced with 2hours of darkness at the start which is 6.30am and who knows how long at the end of the day. Cue fitting lights, non perished tyres, new old stock saddle, bar tape, authentic bottle cage, new cables and a coat of rattle can paint. The maiden voyage was an eye opener, the bottom gear of 42/24 is a killer, the brakes are non existent and it weighs a ton. God knows how I'm going to get round, the course is 60% gravel interspersed with 20% climbs to hilltop villages where the control points are located. I might re-read one of Tim Moore's books on coaxing a classic bike around various grand tour routes just to remind myself to mtfu.
.. . so won't need replacing (as you probably can't 
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Isn't it just a cup and cone around the rest of the posh dyno stuff... can't you just undo, regrease, tighten cones to correct play and done?lune ranger wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 2:34 pm I just decided to look on the Schmidt website and they claim a small amount of lateral play at the rim is no big deal…
Back to existential crisis.
Now I don’t know whether to carry on with the Fargo refit or just relax and go with the Krampus. Damn and blast
I've tried this five times for bigger rides... and for me at least, it's sub standard.
Fine looking machine! My brother is a full on peugeot retro-gauch, he'd very much approve of this. He does all his riding on his 1987 fleet of old peugeots. But i'd recommend a bit of a bigger cassette though if you can find one, looks like a max 23t? You could get a 14-28t, pretty gappy but probably better than an exploding knee! pistonbroke wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:50 pm It's just about 2 years since I entered the L'Eroica Hispania, following 3 postponements it will finally take place next Sunday. Thought it was about time I dug the 1978 Peugeot that I bought locally for €65 and set about making it vaguely ridable. The original date was June 2020 so on the basis of it promising a long sunny day, I signed up for the 188km long course, now in mid October we're faced with 2hours of darkness at the start which is 6.30am and who knows how long at the end of the day. Cue fitting lights, non perished tyres, new old stock saddle, bar tape, authentic bottle cage, new cables and a coat of rattle can paint. The maiden voyage was an eye opener, the bottom gear of 42/24 is a killer, the brakes are non existent and it weighs a ton. God knows how I'm going to get round, the course is 60% gravel interspersed with 20% climbs to hilltop villages where the control points are located. I might re-read one of Tim Moore's books on coaxing a classic bike around various grand tour routes just to remind myself to mtfu.
Is it 5 speed? Still cheap freewheel options out there...
Just swap the pads over left and right.
Fair enough - well enjoy the ride regardlesspistonbroke wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:22 pm It's a 24t cassette, 5 speed. Bit late for changing as we're off to La Rioja in the morning for the event on Sunday. Might see if anyone has a 28t for sale in the expo area. I'd need the removal tool as well so unless it's a bargain (unlikely) I'll stick with what I've got, after all it's only 188km and 3,000m of climbing
The whole bike was only €65 and I've spent the same on bottle cage, bar tape,saddle and entry fee. Don't think that I'll do any more similar events so will probably sell it post-ride.
Just cleanwd the chain and applied some wd40 fast acting degreaser (leaves no residue it says). Shortly to add some Smoove and then figure out where goes what to clear up this sorry mess on the living room floor (of gear).
