1980s Peugeot Marseilles bicycle

jkwon19@my-deja.com

Hi all,

I have a Peugeot Marseilles bicycle from the late 1980s; it was my
bike when I was in high school. I pulled it out of the storage shed
and it's in pretty sad shape, but it holds some sentimental value for
me. It's too small for me today, but I've often thought of putting
some work into it to get it into working shape, and maybe giving it to
someone who could use it.

I can't find much information about this bike on the web; I'm not even
sure it qualifies as a "French" bicycle, as I'm not sure what the
state of the Peugeot company was at that time in history.

I rode that bike everywhere back then; I can even remember all the
problems I had with it:

* SIS index shifters that never indexed quite properly.
* A "skipping" crank/bottom bracket. On some pedal revolutions, the
cranks would "slip" a little and then catch again, accompanied with a
"popping" noise. The problem existed from the start, no matter how
many times I took it to the shop it was never corrected. Of course, I
didn't know any better back then, and in retrospect, I don't have that
high an opinion of the shop I visited.
* Wheels that didn't seem to line up properly when seated in the
hangers. I'm not sure whether it was a frame alignment issue from the
start, or if it was related to the one crash I had ...

I had one crash, where another cyclist ran into my rear wheel from the
side and taco'ed it. I replaced it at the time with a brand new
wheel. But I seem to remember both wheels having alignment issues,
where I could never get the brakes to line up properly with the rims
(if the wheels were seated fully in the hangers, it seemed like the
wheels were skewed relative to the rest of the frame).

From this description, if the frame does have alignment problems, how
difficult would it be to correct those? I'm guessing the whole
project will likely be a costly undertaking, both in finances and
time, but part of me wants to do it just for the satisfaction (and the
learning).

Jason