Binky

Not one I've seen before…. a pretty 12-speed UO5 with Rigida wheel set, Huret derailleurs, Weinmann brakes and a Sakae crank set with Peugeot stampings.

randyjawa 

I have run across a few, by a few I mean three or less. Basically, I see them as the entry level offering from Peugeot at the time. Sort of a Peugeot UO8 without the vintage appeal of its more sophisticate sibling.

That is not to say that the bicycle is worth anything less than a UO8, just a wee bit lower on the quality scale. I believe it to be Canadian and the next in the series would be a Peugeot Sport, then a Super Sport then a Trophy and, perhaps even a Sprint.

I am impressed with the good condition of the bicycle.

T-Mar

While it's tempting to call it a Peugeot Club Racer, it's actually just a Peugeot Club, no Racer. This was a Canadian market model, at the bottom of the adult, lightweight lineup. The subject bicycle appears to be circa 1982-1984.

Trakhak

Looks like the Peugeot equivalent of Raleigh's Rampar bikes of the same era, maybe sourced from the same Taiwanese factory. They were probably the first examples of European bike companies importing bikes from Taiwan.

T-Mar

During this period, the Canadian market, non-Reynolds framed Peugeot were being built in Canada by Velosport/Procycle. They had started manufacturing Peugeot in 1978. In 1990 they took over the distributorship for the USA and continued to manufacture Peugeot for the North American market until 2001.

Binky

Nope. Made in Canada.

Bink

Trakhak

I accept that many Peugeot frames were being manufactured in Canada in those days, but are you sure that all of them were, including the one pictured in the first post? The crankset and other equipment details are identical to those seen on Raleigh's Taiwan-sourced Rampar bikes.

Seems somewhere between possible and likely that Peugeot would source the frame for their cheapest model as a prebuilt bike from Taiwan in that same era. Of course, I'll defer to the superior knowledge of anyone who worked for Peugeot in Canada in the days when that bike was in the model line.

T-Mar

I can appreciate that non-Canadians would find it hard to understand that Canadian bicycles could compete at the entry level in the mid-1980s, However, with 35 plus years in and on the edge on the industry, including several years as a Peugeot dealer, I can tell you that it is true. In fact, within the past decade you still could walk into a Canadian Tire store and come out with a Canadian manufactured, adult bicycle for under $100.

However, don't take my word for it, watch the linked video. It's the same factory that made the OP's Peugeot, only circa 2005. Almost two decades later, the factory is still still making entry levle frames, using the Direct Brazing System installed in 1988 to manufacture the low end, lugless, Peugeot. You can tell that many of the frames being built and painted are low end because they use large diameter bottom bracket shells for one piece cranksets and the dropouts are stamped, without hangers.

rawly old

Not sure I could give an accurate appraisal, but it's in very nice shape. All I can say is what I might be
willing to pay if I needed the bike, & that's pretty subjective. I'm a big fan of chrome wheels though
I may be a minority. For me the wheelset alone with freewheel & spoke guard is easily worth $125
or more. There are a lot of old Puges floating around but few this nice; I'd say it might be worth
$250 or more to the right person, but more likely to sell at $150 to $185. The problem being that
the current marketplace seems more fixated on hi-tech. Then again, being a super cheapskate
bargain hunter, none of my stable cost more than $60,(when I bought them) Lord knows how much
I've sunk into them since.