Re: [CR]How To ID a UO-8 or PX-10

In-Reply-To: <CATFOODspDKicUbvBDx00000fe4@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:30:28 -0700
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Monkeyman" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]How To ID a UO-8 or PX-10
Cc: <moos@penn.com>, <tr4play@home.com>, <steve@fridayscomputer.com>

The "real" way to tell the two apart is by looking at the dropouts. UO-8's have cheap stamped DO's and PX-10's have some kind of cast DO. Using this method you can tell the bike if its been repainted and stripped of chrome. Maybe this is the mechanics way but it's never failed me. Using this method I can get through a swap meet in record time since, in general, if the DO's are cheap so is the bike. I have known a few quality older bikes that have used stamped DO's, but I've never seen good cast DO's on a cheap bike.

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