Just wanted to update the thread and to thank intakexhaust for the offer of his Motobecane. I stumbled across a high school bike for my son on Craigslist, for $150. It is a pretty nice bike. 1986 Peugeot PX (what they were calling the PX10 by then).
Frame is Columbus SLX, fork is chrome Columbus. Woo-hoo! Some surface rust on the chrome but for its destined use, that isn’t a bad thing.
This bike was originally almost all Mavic. However, over the years the derailleurs were replaced by Shimano 105 and Ultegra, the levers were replaced with Diacompe aero levers, the front rim was replaced with something anonymous (perhaps the original rim wore out).
The hubs are Mavic 500, the rear rim is Mavic MA40, the stem and bar are Mavic, the brakes are Mavic (rebadged Modolo, of course), the crank is Mavic, bottom bracket is Mavic 610, the headset is Mavic 302. The shift levers are the original Simplex teardrop retrofriction levers (the bike predates indexing). The seatpost is the original but for some reason Peugeot did not spec the Mavic post in an otherwise “tout Mavic” build, they used some generic post. Saddle is the original Selle Italia Turbo in white.
I just happen to have Mavic 840/860 derailleurs, 821 indexing shift levers, 440 aero brake levers, and MA40 rims in my parts bin, so I’ll fix this bike up as a tout Mavic machine, just with indexed shifting. I need to de-rust the dodgy bits of the fork and a couple of rusty spots on the downtube, re-tap the crank pedal threads from French to ISO to install platform pedals, also from my parts bin. I don’t have the special wrenches needed for the Mavic 302 headset but someone has agreed to loan his set to me for the price of postage (and I’ll send them back with a gift, maybe a bottle of 2006 Oregon Pinot?) Then a new chain, new tires, and some white perforated bar tape and my son will have his high school bike for <$200 out of pocket. Cool!
What is sad is that the locks will cost more that the bike. He’ll keep a big-ass chain lock on the rack at school, and carry a Kryptonite NYC Mini U-lock.
