Darrell Y’s 1983 Peugeot PB14

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Given Stevie’s colorful entry yesterday, we’ll be holding tight to that theme today. This is Darrell Y’s Ketchup and Mustard 1983 Peugeot PB14.

Good Morning Cameron, For your consideration. 1983 Peugeot PB14

This Peugeot PB14 is my mid-life crisis bike.  I picked it up in the south suburbs of Chicago from a Craigslist ad.  After carrying the red and yellow color scheme perhaps a bit too far a friend called it the McBike (alluding to the ketchup & mustard color scheme) so I named the bike Heinz.  Sometime during the bike’s life someone had upgraded the crankset, derailleurs and brakes from what had been installed in 1984. I built a new 700c wheelset using Maillard hubs of the era and added the Selle Italia Flite saddle and Fizik handlebar wrap.

Darrell Y Arlington Heights, IL

Frame – 1983 Peugeot PB14 Road Bike 57cm Color – Tulip Red (Frame came in red only) Wheels – Homebuilt

Maillard (F), Maillard Helicomatic (R) Velocity Razor Rims 700C DT Swiss Spokes

Tires – Panaracer Stradius Sport 700×23 Handlebars – Cinelli Giro D’Italia Brake Levers – Campagnolo Nuovo Record Brakes – Campagnolo Nuovo Record Handlebar Wrap – Fizik Stem – Cinelli Crankset – Stronglight 104 Drillium 52/42 Front Derailleur – Huret Jubilee Rear Derailleur – Huret Jubilee with Drilled Cages Helicomatic Cluster – 13,15,17,19,21,24 Bottom Bracket – Stock Pedals – Lyotard 45CA Chain – Wipperman Connex 808 Saddle – Selle Italia Flite Seatpost – Kalloy Uno  26.6mm

Taillight – Blackburn Mars

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  • hughs bicycle blog

    Holy Hot-Dogs Batman!
    I’m getting hungry just looking at it! Seriously Damn fine looking bike! How is that saddle working out for you?

  • Ryan Surface

    Man that bike is making me HUNGRY! Serious that is a sweet looking Peugeot I am betting you gets lots of compliments that do not involve any food references

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619264304 Darrell Yarborough

    @Hugh – The Selle Italia saddle is beautiful but would probably suit a twenty year old’s butt better than my sixty year old’s butt. I have another one that is almost identical on my Bianchi. Great for short rides, which is about all these bikes ever get.

  • Mark

    Nice bike! I sold one last spring for 250.00 and it didn’t look nearly as sharp. Light and responsive ride. I’d have kept the one I sold but it was a tad too tall for me. Yellow Jersey in Madison still sells the helicomatc freewheel tools if you need one.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619264304 Darrell Yarborough

    @Mark – Thanks for the nice words. I actually bought Helicomatic cogs and the tool from Yellow Jersey. I got a deal on this bike, $150 on Craigslist. I have a pair of NOS Rigida hoops I’m going to lace onto vintage hubs so I’ll have a ‘like original’ set of wheels for the bike. I might want to put it back to near original sometime.

  • Ryan Surface

    Didn’t notice them the first time, perhaps distracted by the sweet color scheme, but I love those drilled cranks and the way the RD cages mirror them. There is a bike occasionally parked at the local bike co-op with that type of crank that always have to pause and check out. Very sharp.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619264304 Darrell Yarborough

      Yeah, all that Drillium stuff is sooo of its era. I love this bike so much it lives in the house. :^D

  • BeaterRezQ

    Mc Bike, lol…gotta love it!
    Nice colors to compliment a nice bike.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619264304 Darrell Yarborough

      Here’s my Bianchi that’s the reverse color scheme of the Peugeot. http://velospace.org/node/32524

  • Mysstrees

    Sweet ride, Darrell. I’ve been wanting to put a 700c wheelset on my old Miyata, but I’d been told that the components (brakes mainly) wouldn’t work with that size, and that’s why people usually convert them to fixies after they change out the wheels. How did you sort out the problems with the unmatched sizing?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619264304 Darrell Yarborough

    The bike had 700c wheels when I got it. There are plenty of good options for converting brakes on 27 inch wheels to 700c. I’ve had good luck with early DuraAce centerpulls. They’re relatively inexpensive and work great. Saying that you can only make the bike a fixie is just taking the easy way out. (No offence to fixie riders)

  • BeaterRezQ

    (Mysstrees)
    Sometimes you just have to try things out for yourself and not listen to everything that you are told. If I can run 700c X 37c on a bike that originally ran 26 X1 3/8” your 27” Miyata can go to 700c. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have been told by a bike shop that I couldn’t safely do something. ( no offense to bike shops ) My Sears Brittany runs Dia Compe 500 brake calipers with room to spare + and -.