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found this in the classifieds. can probably get it a bit cheaper but looks like it needs some serious love.
i found this old thread on it but figured id try and get some fresh opinions.
its a uo-8 that i dont consider to be worth the $150 asking price.
restored maybe worth it, but this looks like a real project.
+2 (or whatever number i am in line).
uo-8s are straigh-gauge gaspipe bikes with lots of steel bolted on. you could use your $150 much more wisely.
id pay half the sellers asking price for a very good condition uo-8, but thats only because im a chump for the old clunkers. theyre great beaters and singlespeed bikes, but definitely not for $150.
also, it looks to have the stock front wheel (heavy textured-steel rigidia rim and normandy hub) and a mismatched (possibly alloy) wheel of of a sekine. thats another indicator that the seller doesnt really know much about what hes selling.
step 1 on flipping: know bikes, know models, know what features are more desirable, know values.
peugeot did not make a record du monde.
this bike has zero flip potential.
only thing i like on that bike is the sekine dork disk, which of course is not original.
id buy it at a much lower price but its not worth $150.00 as is.
i just sold this for $180.00 and i had upgraded the wheels to alloy and added suntour derailleurs, new cables and housings, brake pads, chain, greased all bearings, tires, tubes, bar wrap, in other words mine was 100% ready to ride.
^ nice job fordsvtparts.
thats the way to do it! - someone got a truly fine bike, and it was worth every penny!
the stem shifters and brake levers are not original as well. i believe uo-8s from that time came with the simplex dt shifters, white brake levers w/ brown hoods.
that uo-8 came out nice. i am cleaning a very similar bike/color and i would be glad to get $180 for it (that is after i ride it for a month).
yes, except for the dt shifter part. another bf member once said they never had stem shifters, but some certainly did. my bike (which i recall as 72 and which has exactly those same decals) came with stem shifters. (i later moved them to the dt.) they were not a shop add-on because it had, actually still has, brazed-on housing stops just below the pump peg.
but it does look like that bike has non-brazed-on stops.
thanks auchen and rivas, i could probably have gotten more but its not all about the profit for me although i did do all right selling it at $180.00.
it was a fun build and i was really happy with how it turned out and it went to someone that will appreciate it and hopefully treat it well.
i am currently working on a u0-8 i paid $15.00 for. i am upgrading the rims and derailleurs, all parts i have on hand. i also replaced the cottered crank.
record du monde is a logo not a model.
 i put a dozen hours and $75 into the same model peugeot last month that i got for free. it might have been worth it if i loved the model and it was my size but i rate the satisfaction level (my primary reason) of the overhaul as 5 out of 10 and the profit as 3 out of 10.
you can do much better with $100 let alone $150.
i have definitely lost interest in this bike now. i thought it might have been a nicer peugeot, thats why i asked. if it had been good tubing i might have considered it, but the cottered cranks, steel wheels, and high ten steel are all definitely turn offs.
looking at a norco for $40 from the mid 80s today, looks to be in much better shape.
i picked up a 1972 peugeot p8 e (really similar) for five dollars. if you want to flip a bike i would wait for a better deal.

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