That is the original fork. I have a 1974 PX-10 obtained from Velo Sport. It has the downtube reynolds 531 DB decal. I hate the crown also but love the Nervex pro frame lugs. What is very odd about the bike is the rake and frame angles. The rake is very small and the angles very steep with short chainstays. The guys at the shop traded for a Japanese bike. They said they thought it was crashed because the rake looked wrong to them but I have owned it for over a year and it has no evidence of tubing damage. I believe it was the modernization of he PX-10 geometry. BrIAN CHIlly in Berkeley and raining again.
Message: 15 From: Mark Bulgier <mark@bulgier.net> To: Classic Lightweights <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: RE: [CR]How To ID a UO-8 or PX-10 Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:37:37 -0800
Howdy all you Peugeot experts out there,
I just got a Peugeot and I'm curious what I've got. (It's not in good
condition but it was free so I'm not complaining). I'd be inclined to call
it a PX-10 except for what seems to be too cheezy a fork crown. The tips on
the fork are Simplex to match the rear, and the paint and chrome seem to me
to be identical, so I don't think it's a replacement fork. You can see what
I mean at
http://bulgier.net/
The frame, in addition to the Nervex pro lugs as you see in the picture, has
the full Reynolds DB decal on the seat tube that says the blades are
Reynolds. I wonder, did these blades ever have the Reynolds decals but lose
'em? I see no trace. And didn't PX-10s have the matching Nervex crown,
like on this bike:
http://bulgier.net/
The workmanship on the frame is really sloppy. You can see a blob of brass on the downtube lug in the picture, on the forward-pointing point, and that's typical. The stay ends have all the burrs from slotting left on and brazed in place.
Was there a lower model than PX-10 that had Nervex and Reynolds?
Mark Bulgier