- Many people are curious as to how I became involved with Peugeot bicycles. I began working at Ted's bicycle
shop in Endicott, NY during my junior year of high school in 1983. I continued working there until the spring of
1996 when I moved to Miami, FL to finish college. Ted began selling Peugeots in the late 60's and was the only
continous Peugeot dealer from the late 60's through Peugeot's final years in the U.S.
- Working in a bicycle shop during the early 80's allowed a mechanic to see and work on what we now call 'vintage'
bicycles. These were bikes before the modern era of indexed shifting, threadless headsets, suspension forks
along with many other innovations. It also allowed me to work with Peugeots first hand during the transition from
being traditional French bikes with French components and threading to French bikes with Japanese, French and
Italian components and full British threading.
- Another key element to this time period was Peugeots withdrawal from the U.S. market and a transition to
ProCycle of Canada as producer of North American Peugeots. At one point, my employeer, Ted's Bicycle Shop,
was the only Peugeot dealer in the U.S. In fact, he was the only continuous Peugeot dealer in the U.S. from 1969
through Peugeot final withdrawal from the U.S. market in 1989.
- This experience allowed my to have hands on experience with one of the worlds most popular and race winning
bicycle companies.
- Content from the 'history' section is directly from Peugeot of Frances website. A link can be found in the 'links'
section.
- All catalogs are owned by myself.
- Pictures of bicycles were used with permission of the owners when possible.
- If you feel there are pictures that belong to you and you'd like them removed send me an E-mail and I'll remove
them immediately.
- Other content is my opinion as there is no source to officialy verify the information. As new information is found
updates will be made.
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