Deep Clean Of A 1987 Peugeot Alpine Express - Vintage Mountain Bike Service
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2023
- 35 years old and still working flawlessly. Today this 1987 Peugeot gets a much needed deep clean.
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Sizes: 21"
Frame: 1987 Peugeot Alpine Express - Reynolds 501
Fork: Rigid
Headset: Tange Seiki Falcon
Bottom Bracket: Nevar Cup & Cone
Crankset: Stronglight 170mm F7
Pedals: Wellgo LU-934
Freewheel: Shimano MF-HG22 6 Speed Freewheel
Chain: Shimano
Shifters: Shimano Deore SL-MT60
Front Derailleur: Shimano Deore FD-MT60
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Deore RD-MT60
Brakes: Shimano BR-MT60
Brake Levers: Shimano BL-MT60
Brake Pads: Dia Compe
Handlebar: Nitto?
Stem: Nitto?
Grips: Ergo Grips
Hubs: Maillard Diablo
Spokes: Straight Gauge
Rims: Araya?
Tyres: Scwalbe Road Cruiser 26" x 1.9"
Saddle: Serfas
Seatpost: Strong
Seatpost Clamp: Ursuss Quick Release
Paint: Original
Decals: Original
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Picking up an 85 Orient Express tomorrow to give it the same treatment!
Peugeots are sweet riding bikes. Good handling and good looking. They were all the rage here in Los Angeles County back in the 70s & 80s. They were the first light weight lugged bicycles for many of us over here. Offering the bike back to the previous owner is a super nice gesture! Seeing his or her face when they behold what you're done will be priceless :)
He just looked a bit devastated about selling it. I’ve known that feeling before.
I've just finished a 72 hour working week, and there is nothing more relaxing than geeking out on bikes. Epic clean!
Cheers Nick! Time to take a break eh!
1987 and cassette and chain set still in good condition magic ! or today we have plastic not metal parts !
Yep! The freewheel looks like it could be original so maybe the chain is too. It was good on wear too.
Step 1: don't crosschain
Step 2: have weak legs
Step 3: don't play in sand
Drivetrains last forever
People just don't understand the amount of time and labor that goes into these bike restorations. I had to stop doing flips. Was putting to much into my builds being a perfectionist
Right? Doesn’t help the used market seems to have died a death. Yeah I’ve basically stopped now. I have so much ‘stock’ though that I’ve still got stuff to work through for my collection.
My market is booming, 1 state over and the best $50 deals of your life haven't sold in 14 weeks
Bringing a bike back to it’s glory is very satisfying.
It is!
Taking off the BB and seatpost is the best part of these videos on here, If that's all it took to remove that BB it was maintained well enough, that grease looked great when you removed it.
It was well greased for sure! It had all dried up and become a bit too stiff. Could have spread it on toast 😂
@@MonkeyShred Still, it's *so* much better than no grease.
Loved the comment, "friction, its always perfect". I agree.
It’s VERY hard to go wrong with friction. I love the trimming ability of the old friction shifting on front derailleurs too
I've just finished refurbing a Raleigh Outland for my son to use as a beater bike around Manchester. I'd forgotten how poor cantilever brakes can be. One tip I got was that the flatter the stirrup cable the greater the mechanical advantage when braking. And that really helped me in not handing my son what I thought of as a death trap.
You achieved so much more than I did. I decided not to do the bearings although they really could do with it.
Canti’s can be poor but yes it’s all in the set up. I’m general, the straddle cable always wants to be at a 90 degree angle with the arms vertical and the pads horizontal but as you’ve said a lower bridge often leads to a more powerful feel. Pads are a big change too. I love Kool Stops with a bit of toe in. Some bikes just have different fits thought for bridge height. I left this one higher than I normally would to give access to the mounting bolts points in the fork crown and seatstay bridge incase they were needed again for racks etc.
3:15 - that moment when you just dread the threads stripping out 🙂
looked like that bike was someone's pride and joy in the past. well, at least it was well lubricated and taped up to avoid scratches!
Definitely. Although it was in dire need of a service. Dried grease in the BB, rusted cables and split outers. The full strip down was much needed!
Thank you for sharing your hobby and talent with us all. I really enjoy watching you bring bikes back to life. I wish I had your dedication....my bikes are so neglected.
It would be nice if I could say my bikes are always this clean but they’re not 😅
"35 years of grease"... I feel attacked. Seriously though, great job as usual.
😂 Have to try and get those attention grabbing thumbnails.
I loved watching this. ❤ Everything on the bike is almost identical to my 1990 Raleigh Lizard which I've just cleaned up. 😊
That is awesome! Hope the bike serves you well.
The components look to be of good quality. I like the thumb shifters
It would have been second tier of that period. Only XT was higher back then in the Shimano range.
If he doesn’t buy it back from you, he’s nuts. Would be transformed with saddle and grips. If I hadn’t moved to Australia 22 years ago I think I’d own all your bikes! Phew…
Great work! I had a Peugeot US Express as a kid, which I was one of cheaper bike from the range. One suggestion, a few shots from a bit further from the bike would have been great.
Been here for a bit and wanted to thank you for all your content
Thank you Barret! I really appreciate that.
Another old classic to brighten my day.
Surprised it's not 531 though.
I’m not too familiar with Peugeot models but I would guess there’s an XT equipped model in 531.
Nice job. And you saved the original paint.
Thanks! It had to be done. The paint is excellent condition
Very satisfying to watch.
Cheers Tom.
Nice restoration. As you are a member of retrobike, put some pictures on the forum, always good to have pictures and details as most information is long gone👌
I don’t really have pictures but I could share the video. 🤙
4:00 I had an old 1960 Madrid Postal Service bike so pack with grease I realize cos it started to drop to the floor with the summer heat. I took the bike to a good friend to clean and swap the bearings and we take out like 20 years of adding grease via the seat tube. The seat tube got like 5 cm of pack grease,the bb was inundated so badly it took like hours to clean properly. We used two cans of cleaner and tons of paper and towels. Bearings where originals and in decent shape,like the rest of the bike. I made a "restomod" with that bike with new wheelset,bars,stem and brakes.
Wait?! Someone packed the seat tube with grease to reach the bearings? That’s crazy!
@@MonkeyShred yes it was hehehe. It was a nasty surprise,lots of cleaning. My buddy said he had worked on bikes like that when he was young. Good thing BB area and tubes are perfectly preserved,0 rust hehehe.
Wonderful rebuild; please do let us know how it goes with the owner. It's super generous of you to give it back.
Will do!
87 for sure just check the shimano codes of your MT60 parts.Watching from Greece❤❤
Nice work 🇨🇦👍🚴♂️
Thanks eh ✌️
Torvi too. Yay !
She got her days supervising in the sun for once 😌
Much needed service but overall everything in very good condition even compared to early 2000s bikes I see
Yeah it’s been well looked after for sure!
That is an interesting crankset, with all 3 chainwheels on one set of bolts. And that inner most "plate" is a kind of chainguard, I suppose? Never seen it before. One thing is missing: an extra outer plate as a chainguard. Perhaps those extra holes in the big chainring are meant for that.
Could be! I noticed the inner guard too. I’ve never seen that before either.
The extra holes are to keep the weight down.
Nice brilliant 👍🏼
Cheers Paul.
In 95 my aunt had a Peugeot MTB with elastmer for a rear shock and suspension forks that's why I got the proflex off you cuz you don't see mean of the Peugeots I would of liked love you work and you kitty hope you are both okay 👍😊
Oh interesting. I don’t think I’ve seen any Peugeots with suspension.
I bought a new peugot Trail mtb in 1988. It was pink lol. I rode it hard for 6 years with no problems. Tough bike. I'd probably still be riding it now but some scumbag stole it from my garden in broad daylight & I never saw it again.
Ah damn another stolen bike story 🥲 Sorry to hear that. I do love the later pink and aqua colour schemes.
What a wonderful rebuild, great to watch your transformations, do you have a link to the bearing grease you use?
Thanks. At the moment I'm trying Shimano "Premium" grease. It's not cheap but it's a cool colour! amzn.to/3H6g6nd
Not much for yellow I like it I found it’s hard not to jump right in when you get I bike and see the potential keep it up bro😎
Cheers Murphy. I really do like the gold/ yellow but I love the colour schemes from a couple of years later with the aquas and the pink.
Every retro bike needs ODI longneck grips, good vid
They’re good. I like them. I switch between Lizard Skins and ODI. Sometimes Burgtec and DMR too.
I had a peugeot ten speed road bike, which I got for £10 on Ebay, when I lived in Manchester in 2007. Used it as a nippy commuter. I enjoyed riding the bike, but when the rear hub started collapsing, I could not for the life of me find the correct tool for removing the rear cogs/block anywhere. Apparently it was a type of fitting unique to Peugeots, or certainly unusual. I think I might have scrapped it 😣. Shame cos it was nippy bike and a ridiculous bargain!
Yeah to be honest there are a lot of different freewheel types for those older blocks. I have a few!
Not many chips in the paintwork, which is nice to see.
Yeah it’s not too bad. Little spots of rust here and there but it’s been looked after.
Thanks for sharing this. You and a few of your fellows (old shovel, red dread) are the reason I started this hobby as well (done 10 bikes already:). And I always get a few more tricks watching your vids. btw what do you use for the toothbrush cleaning - wd40 ?
No problem! Thanks for watching. Depending on how dirty stuff is I use anything from WD40/MO94 to brake cleaner to thinners.
@@MonkeyShred I was always worried about thinners removing the varnish/paint or labelling as well... do you use it just for bare metal parts?
where is part 2 ?
Wanna do an xtr build but i cant decide what the best and easiest to get frame would be you got any ideas? Thinking fancy but not super rare.
Which breed of XTR are we talking here?
Great job man. How's the original owner react when u offering back?
Unfortunately I couldn't get in touch with them! I reached out but heard nothing back.
I 'Ve found it much easier to remove all the spokes then clean the rims and hubs, regrease the hubs then rebuild the wheels after cleaning the spokes. But that's just me; it takes a lot longer but I think that the wheels just come out looking much better. 19:41
Yes if you know how build wheel ;)
@@adredy it's really not that hard but a truing stand and tension gauge are necessary along with a lot a patience. Takes me about 30-40 minutes for a wheel.
I personally like to melt everything back down and recast everything to ensure proper cleaning. Why take shortcuts?
@@JohnPilling25 I have done this, but since they're usually beaten up rims, tension will vary widely if you get it trued. The tension meter isn't all that necessary if you have a wheel known to have properly tensioned spokes.
I’ve done that before but not for this one. Apart from the spokes being coated in some sort of film it was a decent wheelset.
Where did you find a carbon fork for for the other peugeot you had? Was it a threaded to threadless conversion?
I've been looking to upgrade my gravel bike made from an old peugeot frame.
It was threadless and I found it at a random stall at one of those used bike part markets.
Does it have any weird standards? It is a french brand but those were made in Japan, so I think we should be fine for the bottom-bracket ?
No, fortunately being a late 80s bike they’d all but stopped with the French standards.
Thank you!! @@MonkeyShred
Which grease do you use? It's quite luminous in colour!
😂 And that’s exactly why I got it! It’s Shimano grease.
could you tell me what the tool is that you use to take the crnk set apart i cant figure that out thanks in advance for any info
To take the crankset apart? It’s just a 5mm Allen key to get the chainrings off.
To remove the crankset from the bike was a 14mm socket to remove the bolt and a crank extractor to remove the whole thing from the bike.
thanks its the crank extractor i was trying to figure out
@@MonkeyShred
what is the tool u use when u are tightening up the cantilever brake ?
It’s called a ‘Fourth Hand Tool’. Not sure why it’s fourth hand and not third but hey… that’s what it’s called 🤷♂️😂
Tops
I thought the housing stop broke off on this one? Wasn't that on your instagram?
Yeah the cable stop for the FD did. I did Araldite it back on and it appeared to work (from this video) but unfortunately it’s popped off now. I’ve got a clamp on cable stop on order as a back up but it didn’t turn up in time 🙃
@@MonkeyShred Ah gotcha, yeah there's no replacement for brazing or welding. The clamp should do nicely
why cut all the cables
Because… they’re rusted and need changing obviously.
Apparently my BB is a bit more grumpy.
Patience. And penetration spray.
All you need is a cheap little ultrasonic cleaner and you are complete.
I did have a small one but I never really got on with it. It was tiny though. Just about fit a derailleur in there. Just.
11:38 … you didn’t clean the cable hanger?!
Whoops! Missed that.
There is no r in Peugeot
That is how it is pronounced in the UK.
Yeah it’s called an accent.
Just because the logo is a lion doesn’t mean it has to make a purr sound ;)