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Old 08-05-20, 04:46 PM
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Looking to identify a Peugeot

Helllo! I recently purchased a single speed/fixie that has been converted from a road bike. I want to identify the year and model of the frame and am hoping you folks could help me out. All I know is it's a Peugeot and is likely from the '70s. Have a look!




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Peugeot UO 8. Beautiful color.
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No chrome socks -- it's an AO-8?

Are those holes drilled on the underside of the downtube?

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appears it may have begun life as model PL8

here is a domestic french market catalogue page from 1972 illustrating one iteration -




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That's a cool looking bike.
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It has that generator bracket on the rear stay, rear rack braze-ons and the undertube guides for the headlight wire, but not canti bosses so it appears not to match any frame in that brochure photo. We have to keep looking.
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Originally Posted by thumpism
It has that generator bracket on the rear stay, rear rack braze-ons and the undertube guides for the headlight wire, but not canti bosses so it appears not to match any frame in that brochure photo. We have to keep looking.
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canti bosses?

subject frame has no canti bosses

PL8 bicycle illustrated in brochure has no canti bosses

imma notta seea no discrepancy

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Old 08-06-20, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by juvela
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canti bosses?

subject frame has no canti bosses

PL8 bicycle illustrated in brochure has no canti bosses

imma notta seea no discrepancy

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Please reread my post and compare the photos of the OP's bike with those in the Peugeot brochure. OP's bike has rear rack braze-ons, which only one of the brochure bikes (not the PL8) has, and only one of the brochure bikes (the PX50) has canti bosses, which the OP's bike does not have. Hard to tell if the brochure bikes have the wire loops under the downtube but all three of them have generator brackets like the OP's bike has so presumably also have the wiring loops.

Therefore, I conclude that the because OP's bike does have some of the frame features that they do not and does not have some of the frame features that they do have, the OP's bike does not match the bike photos in the brochure so it is not one of those bikes. Simple.

The PX50 is the only one with the rear rack braze-ons and it is the only one with the downtube-mounted pump pegs but it has canti bosses, which the PO's frame does not have.
The PX8 has no rack braze-ons and the pump pegs are on the underside of the top tube.
The PL8 that seems to be everyone's favorite has no rack braze-ons and the pump pegs are on the underside of the top tube.
Ergo, no match.

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Thank you for your patient explanation.


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Old 08-07-20, 11:28 AM
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In the U.S. that would be an AE8, in Europe it could be a PL8

P=Peugeot
L=Lux (fenders generator etc)
8= sport series
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