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I picked up this road bike without wheels from the trash a couple of weaks ago. It's an 80s peugeot with a 60 cm frame and carbolite 103 tubing named "Iseran". Originally it was a 10-speed bike, but I don't have the original 5-speed cassette. For now I just used some old aluminium wheels and some cheap chinese 23mm tyres. I just wanted to get it on the road and ride a couple of miles and get a feel for the bike. I can say, I like the geometry and I can say it a fun ride. I was lucky I could fit the rear wheel with a 7-speed cassette without any modifications. I swapped the original steel handlebar for an aluminium one and also got new white leather bar tape. The part that could have become tricky was the cable housing running through the top tube. Luckily I was able to pull the new one through with the old one. They were held together with some heat-shrink.
I also overhauled the bottom bracket, which was completly dry and rusty and also the bearings in the headset.
The last thing I had to do, was to replace the old rusty chain with a new one. That was an easy fix.
Of course I also ran into a couple of problems. I had to replace the original 24mm aluminium seatpost because it was too short for me. The only replacement I could find, however was an insanely heavy steal seatpost, which weighs more than a kilo. This is also the bike's main drawback. It's super heavy at about 13 kg. So I'm going to have to get new wheels and tyres and also a new aluminium seatpost and find out where that takes me. I'd like to reach just underneath 10 kg, which I believe is realistic for this old steel-frame.
So, I guess that's it. New wheels, new seatpost, new pedals and probably a new seat as well, but I'm not quite sure yet, because I also like that 80s look.
I took the picture on the first 40km test ride. What do you think?
