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The frame and fork set were made by Race Inc for Peugeot. This is a ultra rare bike worth spending money on getting restored. Great job keeping this treasure safe .😉
That bike is worth a lot of money; early aluminum frame, most likely welded by BMX pioneer/legend Bill Bastian at Race, Inc. (they built the first aluminum BMX frames, and a lot of other companies rebranded them, including Peugeot). I bet the frame alone would easily sell for four figures. Early Red Line forks are easily worth hundreds. Assuming that's a real Tuf-Neck rather than a copy, it's an early one and also probably worth hundreds as well. That vintage Sugino chain ring by itself is worth around $100, and the Sugino Maxi Cross cranks are worth about $250. I hated to see you use damaging methods though, like sandpaper on the chrome seat post, a wire wheel on a bench grinder on the seat post clamp, and a steel screwdriver prying against those nylon Skyway Tuff Wheels while seating the tires. For cleaning and removing light rust from chrome, you shouldn't use anything more aggressive than 0000 steel wool, which won't scratch chrome. I'd be careful riding it. Those early aluminum frames aren't very strong compared to modern aluminum frames, which use much larger diameter tubing. They were intended for kids, and even then, they didn't hold up as well as the steel frames of the day. It looks like the handlebars are aluminum too, and if so, those are especially weak. No one I know of even makes full-size aluminum BMX handlebars anymore, and it's been that way since about the early or mid 1980s. The only ones still being made are tiny, intended for small children's BMX racing categories, and usually specify a rider weight limit for them.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the bike. I just got it out of storage and didn't know it was worth anything. I knew someone would mention the screwdriver on the wheel. I promise I was gentle. lol
How nice is that 😎🌞👍 just take another 50 years and let’s see what happens to the yellow ones 😂 greetings from Germany and thanks for sharing this rebuild 😘🌞🍀🐝
I have a blue one but mine is stamped with a Race Inc serial number so probably a later one. The guy I bought it from told me when he got it, someone had put some lame decals on it back in the day. After a little discussion and showing him pictures of the red one you're likely talking about, he confirmed they were the same so I sourced replacement decals. Cool to see a gol one.
Outstanding restoration. I have a garage find old silver Primo that I am trying to decide if its worth restoring. Its missing the chain. Everything else appears original. Rust here and there and a lot of paint scraps.
I have a customer that has a blue one in his basement in pristine condition and I've been badgering him to sell it to me for three years now. He picked it up somewhere for his kids and is now hanging on to it for his grandkids. Fortunately, I haven't seen it move from the spot I first saw it more than a decade ago. He has no idea what he has and it's hard to push him into selling it to me without tipping my hand. After seeing this video, I am going to double down on my efforts and will definitely be looking for the formentioned weld. Thanks for the info!
Very nice job, this bike is so sweet! I just tring to understand how the lock system of the stem works, this nut under the long screw, is just for more pressure or it has a screw thread under it???
I got a peugeot cpx 100 all built with gt performer stem lester mags blue Dom seat panaracer blue tires Sugimoto gt 3pc crank and unknown rare handle bars I love old bikes they don't make like they used too
The Oakley 3 grips were cool I loved how comfortable they were ..I road similar bike had mags .. tuff wheels.. Snake Bell y tires yeah a great solid bike.
Supercool. There's something primal about fixing your bike up isn't there. Such a beautifully engineered piece of machinary from nose to tail with the best bit being the bike fits through doors so inside the house outside the house, the side of the road. It can be worked on anywhere with the simplest of tools. Constantly tweaking from as child learning what works best to an adult with the means now to buy nice things for our bikes. Also you can tell so so much with how someone fixes their bike...with the first and most important point being they are fixing their own bike. Great job. 🤘🤘🤘
@@buchananbuilds485 and crank. ,,,pretty sure that Tuff neck was off a Norco Spitfire. Those bars look like early 80's Haro (painted gold). Those Okley grip, lol, were worth about $160 in the early 80s. . So guessing they came with the forks and crank,,lol. Not "all original". Never seen a bike like this, must be from Europe or something. But did g00gle it out of curiosity. I like the welds.
@@babbalonian2 When I got the bike new in the late 70s, It had everything you see except the grips and pedals. Nothing has been changed in the last 40 years. That's what I meant by all original.
@buchananbuilds485 it's all good with age comes wisdom lol. Im in the process of restoring my old 96 mongoose rogue I dragged out of my mothers back shed. Can't wait to get back on that thing and soak up that nostalgia.
