At last: Le Peug!

I’m finally giving the other half of Let’s Go Ride a Bike! her due. We’ve previously featured Dottie’s Betty Foy on this site, (over a year ago now). Trisha sent me her pics a while ago, but I go through lazy spells, fall behind, and then getting the backlog out seems like an impossible task. Anyway, I’m workin’ on it.
-Doohickie

Dramatic angled shot!

Hi Doohickie!

I got a camera for my birthday and finally got some good snaps of my bike, Pepe Le Peug.

Orange Peug

Paul,

I have an orange 1974 diamond frame UO-8 which is my primary fixed-fear bike (and one of my favorite all-time rides). When my buddy Randy found this circa 1973 orange mixte at the Goodwill, he immediately bought it and brought it to me.

Orange Peugeot

It ended up as my friend Carol’s “stays at Jon’s house” bike, built up as a fixed gear.

Panasonic Pathracer

Now for the second of of a double shot of GrinderBikes. I really wonder why more bikes aren’t produced in this style. They look awesome. I think the style fell out of favor and drop bars took over. Maybe it’s time for the comeback of path racers.
-Doohickie

Which way to the path?

I built up this nice little Panasonic Sport 1000 from a bare frameset, with a “racier” look: Inverted 3-speed bars, cork grips, cross tires and wine corks on the shifters to match the grips and cushion the thumbs.

Here come the Grinderbikes!

This bike is from Jon Grinder, whose blog is very interesting in its own right and worth a perusal.
-Doohickie

Doohickie,

First off, thanks for setting this up. I was thinking about doing something like this, but I’m just too lazy.

That's a peachy Puch!

Here’s a Puch mixte I just finished up for the sister-in-law of a friend. I replaced the stock drop bars with these old tourist bars on a lugged stem, along with French tourist-style brake levers.