Chris L’s 1982 Peugeot PKN-10

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That last Peug was so good I figured we may as well round out the week with another.
This time it’s Chris L’s 1982 Peugeot PKN-10.
Chris, please get a pry-bar and dislodge that poor seatpost just a skosh for me would ya?

This is my 1982, metallic blue, 23″ Peugeot PKN-10 “Competition” 12-speed bicycle. When I was a senior in high school I worked in a bike shop over the summer and I bought a lightly used 1974 ‘Super Competition’ PX-10. I rode it for two years and then sold it for more than I paid for it. Ever since then I have wanted to find a Peugeot to replace it. I bought this bike on E-bay in 2005 and it was well maintained in very good shape. When I bought it I had it “tuned-up” at a local shop, taken apart all cleaned, re-greased, new cables, new brake pads, two new tires, rims re-trued. It is very fast and a blast to ride. It looks like everything is original to the bike based on the research I’ve done;

  • Reynolds 531 double but frame (“3 Tubes Renforce”)

  • Weinman ‘605’ side pull brakes

  • Simplex front and rear derailleurs

  • Stronglight cranks

  • Mavic 700C rims

  • Maillard quick release lugs

  • Rat-trap peddles

  • original bottle cage but no Peugeot bottle…

  • Concor San-Marco Super course leather saddle

I considered myself lucky to find this one in such good shape, love the web site !

Chris

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  • Ryan

    Chris that is a beaut! Nice find. I ride a similar size and have been looking for old Peugeot’s locally, what is the stand over height of your 23″ PKN-1? Those old catalogs never seem to have SO height. Thanks and keep on enjoying that blue beauty

  • http://hughsbicycle.blogspot.com Hugh

    Very good looking bike. The crank is fantastic!

  • SlyRed

    From the looks of the very long headtube are you sure it’s only a 23 inch (center of cranks to top of seat tube) bike?

  • older1

    Looks good, and it’s in great condition, too, Chris! More of the good-old days: when most OTS bikes came with strong, 36-spoke wheels!

    By the way, I may be wrong, but it looks a little tall for 23″, so I’m going to guess the frame might be a 25″-er.

  • http://marksbikes.wordpress.com/ Mark A.

    I love old Peugeot bikes, and yours is a beaut! I’ll just add my own voice here to the fray as well and say that it sure looks to me like a lot larger than 23″ frame.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • Lomsdalen

    Hey I have a pkn comp that i’m considering putting on eBay. Very similar specs. What did you end up paying for the ride? Mine has had fairly recent complete overhaul. Nice bike, mines a pearl white.