I bought this bike from an LBS in December, 2008. They sold it new in 1969 and had serviced it during the 1970's and 80's.
It was a "barn bike" that had been sitting in storage for at least 20 years and had a thick layer of crud on it. See first picture below.
I stripped it down to the bare frame, checked the alignment, refaced the BB, head tube an fork plus reamed and honed the seat tube and replaced all the bearings with loose grade 25 chrome steel balls.
The rims and hubs were polished and the hubs overhauled. All of the other parts were polished and lubed too.
Everything is original except for a Simplex seatpost and Simplex Competition front derailleur (as used on Peugeot PX-10s), Ideale 80 saddle, 45cm wide Nitto bars, new cables and housing plus sewup tires.
The chrome is very good but the paint was rough. I did a lot of touch up so it passes the 5 or 10 foot test.
54 cm Center to Top all Reynolds 531 frame with butted main tubes
Simplex forged dropouts with a "horn" on the left rear
Stronglight P3 headset
Pivo stem - modified for safety
New Nitto 45cm wide bars
Stronglight 93 cranks with choice of chainrings.
Normandy Competition Luxe hubs with Mavic sewup rims.
13-28T 5 speed Atom FW
MAFAC Dural Forge brakes
Simplex Criterium RD, Competition FD
Lyotard 460D pedals
Simplex seatpost
Ideale 80 saddle in usable condition.
$550 local pick up or free delivery in the San Francisco Bay area.
$600 plus shipping via BikeFlights or your choice.
The bike is available for test riding for interested locals.
See notes under the pictures in my Flickr album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28267220@ ... 458847190/
Before
After
Private message me if interested, thanks.
Chas.
