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BUILD 011

Peugeot Hurricane

Year
1993
Size
56 cm
Status
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The built Peugeot Hurricane in low autumn sun. Turquoise-to-navy fade frame with paint splatter, orange chainring and knobby tyres, standing on gravel scattered with fallen leaves, a meadow and treeline behind.

The story

The Hurricane arrived as a bare frame with the fork taped to the down tube and a bag of bolts that turned out to belong to something else entirely. The fade from turquoise to navy is factory, and the paint splatter is factory too.

It went out with a wide-range drivetrain, an orange chainring that had no business working as well as it does, and enough tyre clearance to stop caring where the tarmac ends.

Specs

Frame

Material
Cro-moly steel, lugged
Year
1993
Size
56 cm

Fork

Type
Original rigid
Steerer
1 in threaded

Drivetrain

Shifters
Shimano, 2 x 9 speed
Cassette
11 to 34 tooth
Crankset
46 / 30 tooth

Brakes

Type
Cantilever
Levers
Integrated

Wheels

Rims
26 in, double wall
Hubs
Sealed cartridge

Tyres

Front
26 x 2.0 in, tan wall
Rear
26 x 2.0 in, tan wall

Cockpit

Bar
Drop, 46 cm flared
Stem
70 mm
Tape
Cork

Stripped & built

The built Peugeot Hurricane in low autumn sun. Turquoise-to-navy fade frame with paint splatter, orange chainring and knobby tyres, standing on gravel scattered with fallen leaves, a meadow and treeline behind.
A bare Peugeot Hurricane frame and fork, fading from turquoise to navy, leaning against a pine-panelled workshop wall.
StrippedBuilt

Gallery

A bare Peugeot Hurricane frame and fork, fading from turquoise to navy, leaning against a pine-panelled workshop wall.
The built Peugeot Hurricane in low autumn sun. Turquoise-to-navy fade frame with paint splatter, orange chainring and knobby tyres, standing on gravel scattered with fallen leaves, a meadow and treeline behind.
The same bike with yellow handlebar tape, standing on leaf-covered gravel in thick fog, autumn trees and a misty field behind it.

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