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[[Image:UO8.jpg|thumb|300px|The 1977 Peugeot UO 8, as pictured in the 1977 Cycles Peugeot catalog.]]
The '''Peugeot UO 8''' was a ten-speed [[bicycle]] manufactured by [[Cycles Peugeot]] during the "[[bike boom]]" of the 1970s. It was marketed as a mid-range "racing style" cycle, and was manufactured from sometime in the early 60s<ref>From RetroPeugeot.com {{cite web|url=http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerndgo/id36.html |accessdate=August 31, 2008 |title=Mid-1960s Brochure – USA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304120144/http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerndgo/id36.html |archivedate=March 4, 2008 }}</ref> until the end of 1980.<ref>From RetroPeugeot.com - 1980 catalog, with UO 8: {{cite web |title=1980 Catalogs – USA|url=http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerndgo/id65.html |accessdate=August 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606143252/http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerndgo/id65.html |archivedate=June 6, 2008 }}</ref> The model was discontinued for the 1981 model year.<ref>From RetroPeugeot.com - 1981 catalog, with no UO 8: {{cite web|url=http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerndgo/id46.html |accessdate=August 31, 2008 |title=1981 Catalog – USA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606143242/http://mysite.verizon.net/vzerndgo/id46.html |archivedate=June 6, 2008 }}</ref>

== Components ==
Though the components changed somewhat throughout the years of production, much remained the same.
* Through all years of production, various models of [[Simplex]] [[derailleur]]s were used.<ref name="catalog">[http://cyclespeugeot.com/1970-1979PeugeotCatalog.html Catalog] cyclespeugeot.com</ref>
* [[Mafac]] "racer" brakes were also used throughout most of the production run.<ref name="catalog"/>

==Identification==
Unlike Peugeot's higher-end PX-10, the UO 8 carries a gold "Tube Special" sticker. Dating a UO-8 manufactured prior to 1979 via the serial number is unreliable at best, though some theories reference the number of digits in the serial and its first digit as indicating the year of manufacture.<ref>[http://cyclespeugeot.com/SerialNumbers.html Serial numbers] cyclespeugeot.com</ref> For example, the serial number "1234567" has seven digits, and begins with a one. This indicates a 1971 model.

== References ==
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{{Peugeot bicycles}}

[[Category:Bicycle models]]

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