Old 08-01-20, 03:38 PM
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Canadian Peugeot were manufactured by a Quebec based company called Procycle. Founded by the Dutil family in 1971, they originally assembled and distributed Japanese manufactured bicycles for department stores. They became the exclusive Canadian distributors of Peugeot in 1974, the same year they acquired and began assembling the Velo Sport brand. In 1977 a factory expansion introduced frame assembly and in 1978 they began manufacturing entry level Peugeot for the Canadian market. In 1988 they started manufacturing lugless frames using the Direct Brazing System (DBS) technology. In late 1990 when Peugeot USA decided to close its business, Procycle purchased them, becoming Peugeot manufacturer and distributor for the Canadian and USA markets until the end of 2001, when the license agreement with Peugeot France expired.

Canadian manufactured Peugeot typically exhibited better workmanship than comparable French manufactured models. The brazing was cleaner, less file marks, smoother and more lustrous paint, better decal application, etc. The same was true with the Raleigh models that came out of Raleigh's Quebec factory, when compared to Nottingham product.

That fork is likely a standard off-the-shelf item from Tange, Spinner or somebody else. By this time, few bicycle companies were building forks at this price point.

Here's a link to a video showing bicycle manufacture inside the Procyle factory, including the process used to manufacture your frame, though the bicycles shown are CCM, a Canadian brand which Procycle bought in 1983.

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