Howdy David and list,
I just sold one of these last week. It was pretty nice, one of the taller production mixtes I've ever seen, frankly. I would place the Iseran around lower mid-range, a lot of steel componentry. Mine had steel handlebars, an alloy "CTA" stem and stem shifters. I would have preferred downtube shifters and it also lacked the centerpulls that skirted the seat tube. Dropouts were stamped. Alloy 27" wheels with eyelets (bolt-on rear) and a steel seatpost, so you can imagine that she was only just making it into the "lightweight" category. I think the brakes were Chang Star, also. It did have some decent Nervar cranks, though, and they polished up well. BB and headset were English threaded I believe.
But all that aside, it rode beautifully and actually fit me pretty well (I'm 6'). With some decent tires it cornered well, too. Not a bad-looking machine to have in the stable for the right price. I'd have kept mine if I didn't have, ahem, a "bike problem".
Here are some pics:
http://s378.photobucket.com/
And here's a shorter link:
Cheers,
Paul Grens Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Message: 4 Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:45:43 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kulcinski <dkulcinski@yahoo.com> Subject: [CR] Peugot iseran mixte 12 speed To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Message-ID: <271732.39450.qm@web57406.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I checked with Dale and he said that is On topic; so, here goes.
I have a line on a Peugot Iseran mixte 12 speed pretty cheap and am looking for any information regarding same. I looked at it briefly and, if anyone thinks that it might be a decent find, I will go look at it in greater detail.
Thank you,
David Kulcinski
Orange, CA USA