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rodriguez

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Peugeot CPX - NO MORE BLACK WALLS LOL
« on: May 31, 2014, 07:26 PM »
Just picked this up.

Frame is stamped CPX400

Was being used as a display for the Giro D'Italia, old bikes were sprayed pink and placed along the route on roundabouts etc.

Should I clean it up and use it as an OS rider or will I leave as yard art   :-\

« Last Edit: September 06, 2014, 07:51 PM by rodriguez »

griff

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2014, 08:33 AM »
Poor thing  :(

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2014, 09:08 AM »
the shame of it...
When I was born, the world was a far simpler place.
It was all just cops and robbers.
And BMX.

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2014, 09:19 AM »
Some people want locking up, no respect.  >:(

Do you think it will strip easily enough?  ???


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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2014, 09:50 AM »
Use acetone to remove the spray bomb if the frame is chromed under  ;) 
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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2014, 11:24 AM »
bl@@ming ell  :shocked:
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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2014, 11:41 AM »
i was thinking about this, but i was sure you were joking, it just didn't make any sense to me :laugh: ...still doesn't  ;D

yard art... :LolLolLolLol:  or just ride it!  ...nah, deffo restore :daumenhoch:

rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2014, 11:44 AM »
If it hadn't been painted pink and put on a roundabout it would never crossed my path.

I don't reckon the spray bomb has done any damage would have been pissed off if it had destroyed the decals but doesn't seem to have any.

Reckon it will come off easy enough and the chrome seems to be underneath, few decentish parts on it which suggests it was one of the models up the range, seat is Condor Supercorsa, Takagi cr-mo crank & spider Victor copy mks pedals, SR stem.

A lot of the parts have been changed over the years, the wheels are an old chrome pair that don't match, rear brake is a weinmann think it should have been lee chi MX900 chi like the front.

Have to say I'm rather pleased as I've had bits sitting and was going to sell them because I'd nothing to put them on  :)

Here's a few more pics and the serial number, if anyone can pin down the model I'd be grateful.







« Last Edit: June 01, 2014, 11:57 AM by rodriguez »

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2014, 11:58 AM »
wow, looks like a rather easy and fun job in large parts, just hope those wern't anno'd rims :-X because this would look sweet with some ....those aren't mks graphies, are they? ???

rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2014, 12:42 PM »
wow, looks like a rather easy and fun job in large parts, just hope those wern't anno'd rims :-X because this would look sweet with some ....those aren't mks graphies, are they? ???

rims are old chrome jobs and the pedals are victor graphite copies

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2014, 01:50 PM »
i'm sure there are decals available for this (401 at least)

yep, were these, 35 Euros, don't know how expensive that is :-X

http://www.frogbmx.com/product.php?id_product=385

here's the spec of the cpx 400

rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2014, 03:27 PM »
Cheers Flo, going by that I'm thinking it was the CPX 401 and the components on it are suggesting that too, the 401 came with lee chi mx brakes and victor graphite copies standard as far as I can find out.

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2014, 07:16 PM »
so there is this Giro D'Italia crew driving around, collecting decent os bmx, spraybombing them pink and placing them on roundabouts... :-\ in Northern Ireland .... nice score! 8)

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2014, 09:23 PM »
so there is this Giro D'Italia crew driving around, collecting decent os bmx, spraybombing them pink and placing them on roundabouts... :-\ in Northern Ireland .... nice score! 8)

yup  ;D

cheers flo   :coolsmiley:

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2014, 07:29 PM »
Nice find! Stripping it will be honestly fun. Almost like archeologists at a bone site...  8)

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2014, 05:21 PM »
Look forward to see how this turns out.

griff

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2014, 11:38 AM »
I mentioned the poor pink bike to my half-cousin who had told me she had the Giro d'Italia pass by near her home

She also sent me a couple of pics from Loughgall of other 'victims'




rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2014, 05:01 PM »
Looks like a Raleigh Twenty in the first pic I could use that but.............

I can't have it as I'm banned from bringing any more pink bikes home   "nono"

griff

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2014, 06:02 PM »
Did you have to pay for yours, or was it simply 'rescued'?  :teef: :whistle:

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2014, 06:20 PM »
...wondering if THEY paid for them :D ...to me it looks like they just had too much molokko

rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2014, 07:01 PM »
AFAIK they were all scrap bikes left at the dumps or the recycling depots, the councils involved stumped up the cash for the paint jobs.

rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 getting stripped
« Reply #21 on: June 08, 2014, 01:28 PM »
Well started to strip the spraybomb this morning.

Liberal coating of synstrip





Then a little blast with the pressure washer.







more later......

griff

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #22 on: June 08, 2014, 05:28 PM »
Bet your mrs was happy with all that pink shit stuck on the garden fence  :daumenhoch:

Excellent work, more pics please

rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 SCORE!!!
« Reply #23 on: June 08, 2014, 06:39 PM »
Bet your mrs was happy with all that pink shit stuck on the garden fence  :daumenhoch:

Excellent work, more pics please

Yeah right    >:(

When I had the pressure washer all put away I had to get it back out again and clean that, it was then I decided to fook off to the garage.

:LolLolLolLol:

rodriguez

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Re: Peugeot 400 or 401 OA bath time
« Reply #24 on: June 22, 2014, 03:53 PM »
Well I was going to use citric acid after looking at the price of it I decided to use some oxalic acid I already had.

Looks a lot better than what it's like up close.







Chrome is not perfect and it'll only polish up so far but I'm not really worried as it'll only be getting a light polish and a rub with the oily rag before I build it.



« Last Edit: June 22, 2014, 03:55 PM by rodriguez »

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