I think the link now works... Sorry!
Cheers,
Larry Strung Hamilton
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Larry Strung <larry.strung@cogeco.ca>
> Date: June 29, 2009 10:14:30 PM GMT-04:00
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Peugeot baby racer redo
>
> Here is a link to a Flickr site where I have posted some images of
> the two Peugeot baby-racers that I built a few years back for my son
> & daughter. They were both pretty extensive jobs. When they were
> created, I had completed just a couple of years earlier the 1999
> Paris-Brest-Paris on board my already-old Peugeot PF-40 randonneur
> bike. In our stable was a matching mixt frame Pug to my Randonneur
> bike, and where my bike had the script "Gentleman" on the top tube,
> the Mixt frame bike had "Lady" on the top of the seat tube. So the
> project was to match the adult bikes with the junior bikes.
>
> Through the amazing cavern that is Bicycle Specialties inventory of
> old French parts, almost everything for the conversion was found.
> Some of the really sweet tidbits included the 24" diameter Pettit
> Jean fenders, and the upper head tube lug for the mixt frame
> conversion of the little ladies bike. Mike's shop did all the
> brazing and painting.
>
> Have a look at the images: http://www.flickr.com/
>
> Sadly, the kids have grown well past being able to ride these bikes
> now, and I'd like to pass them on to someone else (or two someone
> else's!) who may be able to make loving use of them. Please contact
> me off list if you might be interested. I'm asking $500 for the
> boys bike and $750 for the girls (considering the much more
> extensive work involved in it's creation). The usual thing, I
> thought I'd try to the converted before venturing onto Ebay.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Larry Strung
> Hamilton, Ontario