Originally Posted by
ExPatTyke
How about a Peugeot Comete? I really wanted one when they came out in the mid 1980s, but they were way out of my price range at the time. I think there were questions raised about durability of the frames, but there are still quite a few about, and the frames were built (I think - happy to be corrected) in the same way as the Vitus 979.
Possibly not a C&V, but I've got an aluminium Peugeot Festina Team Replica from the mid 1990s - it's got the best ride quality of any aluminium bike I've ridden.
Just be aware that the Comete and Galaxie "
Pechiney" dry joint (What I understand was, a friction/wedge fit at the joint with no glue) aluminum framed bikes from Peugeot have a "tainted" history.
After supposedly failures experienced on some of the frames, Peugeot actually recalled all of them, at least in the US market and had them destroyed by the dealers. What you find out there in the US used bike market are basically "stragglers" that avoided getting liquidated by the recall.