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My dad thinks that I am a hipster because of all these singlespeeds. I am really not a hipster.

So, I wanted to build a singlespeed for longer singlespeed road rides. I have a 12 speed and a 16 speed for those super long and hilly road rides, but I wanted a singlespeed for long, and flat road rides. I bought this 1974 Peugeot uo8 10 speed that was painted by Evan Hatcher in 1978, for $50. It would be a great bike for this project. Poor man's singlespeed number 2, and faux fixie number 3.


I will use a similar method that I used on my singlespeed cyclocross bike.
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These pictures of the Peugeot were from last October. (Yes it has been there for that long.)
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As I entered the as is bike building, I found a treasure that was sitting behind a completely wrecked mountain bike. I do believe that this is the kind of hipster bike that my dad was thinking about. It uses the same conversion method that I am planning to use on my bike. This bike uses the exact same pedals that are on my gravel bike
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Well, it looks like... oh no, I do think I have a hipster bike. Well, I love my hipster bike Miyata. It is one of my two favorite bikes in the whole world. It is a properly done conversion.
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Anyway, I brought the bike home, and it is in worse condition than I expected. I will still make it into a great singlespeed.
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The rear wheel is in bad shape. The axle is stuck and the freewheel is gummed up. The front axle is too. To ride it a bit, I stuck on a crappy German wheel with crossed freewheel threads. The German wheel is lower quality, but it will stay until I do repairs on the stock rear wheel.



Here is the bike mostly done. What I need is a freewheel, bar tape, and a seat. It was dark out, so I took some night shots. I will take some day pictures tomorrow morning.
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Here is the bike with all my other singlespeeds, and my dad's mountain bike. My two red, geared road bikes are in the background.
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I am amazed that such a simple conversion can change the appearance of a bike greatly.


Day 2


I got both wheels working by spraying wd40 into them. I also used wd40 to make the freewheel work. The rusty freewheel clatters at high speed, but the bike co op has a brand new conditioned Peugeot freewheel for $15. I will also remove the spoke guard.
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I rode it around a bit, and it is quite smooth. I will probably upgrade to a side pull brake.
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A few days ago, I installed a flat bar lever. I noticed that the stock lever was broken, and I had a high quality flat bar lever that would work on these steel bars.
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Overhauling the headset.
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The cone had a little thing sticking out that went through a hole on the spacer. The stock spacer broke. Here is a homemade one.
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Look how rusty the stem bolt is, the cone is as rusty. I replaced both the bolt and the cone.
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I needed to drill the stem out a bit to fit the new bolt.
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The stem with the new bolt.
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Headset is overhauled.
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With stem.
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A look at the new bolt.
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With the bars on.
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Cool mod. I have a ‘72 but for some reason I decided to try to keep ‘er original. Had to replace the original stem…luckily it broke while I was climbing uphill. Replaced of course 😟. Then the original Simplex front deraileur broke (aaargh, so expensive to replace) so I salvaged one off of a Free Spirit. For some odd reason I had an aversion to drop bars at the time (2008) so I replaced them with some flipped North road bars. It’s a hella fun bike to ride and the lugged frame is a great combination of strength to weight. It’s in my storage unit at this moment (I’ve a lot of bikes). But of course you know, you’ve got a jewel there (at least from my experience).

Here’s something that might be interesting.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_UO-8
 
Awesome colour and geometry!
I like it with the cassette cover next to your rear sprocket (don't know the right name for it).
A small white numberplate at the toptube/headtube section could be cool too.
Anyway, the bike looks great!

I have a future Peugeot project too. Waiting on the attic...
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I like it with the cassette cover next to your rear sprocket
Dork disk*. That's what they call the plastic ones. The steel ones are cooler, and it's not dorky when used on a single. Love the way @Grant color matched his to the tape


*Actual term is spoke protector
 
Dork disk*. That's what they call the plastic ones. The steel ones are cooler, and it's not dorky when used on a single. Love the way @Grant color matched his to the tape


*Actual term is spoke protector
That term cracks me up every time I see it😅
 
That and “Suicide brake”
 
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Awesome colour and geometry!
I like it with the cassette cover next to your rear sprocket (don't know the right name for it).
A small white numberplate at the toptube/headtube section could be cool too.
Anyway, the bike looks great!

I have a future Peugeot project too. Waiting on the attic...
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that fender light is treś cool 😎
 

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