Howdy all. Here's a tough one for you genious's. I've a Peugeot Optima road bike from '87 - '89ish. Despite it's age, I feel the bike is a better ride than some of todays carbon/titanium/gold-plated-diamond framed bikes and am in the middle of trying to restore it as my dad never took care of it. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew where to get hold of the origional decals including the Reynolds 531 decal. I haven't had any luck on the tinternet. Thanks.
The Classic Rendezvous website classicrendezvous.comclassicrendezvous.comOpen ↗ in the France section at the bottom of the page has a source for the Reynolds decals. Unfortunately your bike is too new for other help. (they stop at 1983 model year) You might send Sheldon Brown an email and seek his advice. sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.comOpen ↗
I knew I'd seen something on a Sheldon Brown link about decals. Go to the Sheldon Brown links sight sheldonbrown.combicycling links.htmlOpen ↗ and in the Paint and Decals links check out Classic Transfers, and Nick at Lloyds. And you're in further luck as both of them are U.K. outfits.
Cheers bud, I'll give 'em a try. The Peugeot is a wreck, basically. My dad used it for riding to work for years, not once did he take the time to wash it let alone service it in all those years, despite being over £600 when new, alot of money back then! Pretty much everything's beyond repair. The only parts that don't need work are the bars and deraileurs. The frame and forks are straight and true but need a respray and the frame's bottom bracket shell might need either re-tapping or completely replacing, a very expensive process I'm told. If possible, I want to restore it with as many origional parts as possible and it looks like that could a long time. I'm after the new one so I can get back into training for the day I unleash the beast! There's a point, your new bike, is it one of them fancy invisible ones? It wasn't on the email you sent!😄