<div>It looks cool ... like "back from the the future ", :D</div>
<div>I like "solar recharged battery pack" ... </div>
<div>Maybe you should unlock it ;) for your son to take it ...</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:04 PM, The Dong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dong@f2s.com">dong@f2s.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Picked some bits up that had been dumped at the nearby recycle point<br>('cos that's what they think it's for, duh) I guess folks will just<br>
chuck stuff away and spend £2-300+ rather than buy a few tools,<br>gradually, and learn some useful sheeit ;)<br><br>Most of an older (early 90's) Peugeot Python All Terrain bicycle, wheels<br>removed and placed next to frame, tyres rotting, no seatpost or saddle.<br>
<br>I bought a new seatpost £10 and also bought a cheap pair of tyres,<br>Michelin Country Gravel for £6.99 each, surprisingly, these are fine.<br>The rest needed I had already (many bearings replaced and all cabling)<br>
<br>To complete, I made (eeaarghh) a saddle from the padded inserts in a<br>cycling shorts liner that I never used and stuck that to an old crap<br>solid plastic, ouch, saddle then covered with leather that doesn't match<br>
much, heh. It's not uncomfortable.<br>I dismantled the whole thing, cleaning/regreasing all bearings and<br>replacing where needed. Wire wool to the spokes, truing wheels blah.<br>One inner tube had one puncture...<br>
Rims are Mavic Oxygen, pretty much indestructible. To a point.<br>Frame is the olde' standard Reynolds 531 butted construction (nice<br>enough) and has the odd scratch and ding, to be expected, but is not as<br>bad as my other 'free' bike was.<br>
<br>For a ~20 year old bike, it's in pretty good nick after a clean. It<br>rides quite nice too after taking it out last night to see some of the<br>Perseids, but is right on the verge of being too small for me.<br>But I won't grow any more ;)<br>
I'm trying to persuade my son that it's a cool bike that would fit him<br>perfectly, but that's not working yet. It ain't cool to cycle it seems.<br><br>3 piccies in my messy shed:<br><br><a href="http://www.sphinx.f2s.com/Peugeot_Python/PP1.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.sphinx.f2s.com/Peugeot_Python/PP1.JPG</a><br>
<a href="http://www.sphinx.f2s.com/Peugeot_Python/PP2.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.sphinx.f2s.com/Peugeot_Python/PP2.JPG</a><br><a href="http://www.sphinx.f2s.com/Peugeot_Python/PP3.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.sphinx.f2s.com/Peugeot_Python/PP3.JPG</a><br>
<br>The groovy 15W headlight I made, along with the PIC based dimmer/flasher<br>controller and solar recharged battery pack. As you may see, it also has<br>a reasonably rare Biopace Chainset (sort of elliptical) that seems to be<br>
OK to ride. I could swear it was easier on the legs..<br><br>This is another fairly solid, cheap bike (less than £30 and a few<br>afternoons to restore) It shall be for the old railway track and short<br>journeys pottering about.<br>
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<div></div><br>-- <br>Romain<br>