Rick's comments below brings to mind the probability that back when, different
models were developed for different markets ...
> The "A" was a step up from the UO-8 and one below the PX-10E.
Which, over here, was occupied by the PR-10L ...
> I'm not sure of the frame tubing-could it have been 531 in the main
> triangle?-maybe not. Derailleurs were plastic Simplex and rims were
> inexpensive sew ups with, I think, the diamond tread braking surface
> (EVERYTHING I saw then had diamond tread breaking surfaces) laced to
> Normandy Sports. I believe the crankset was Stronglight 93 and the saddle
> could have been a Brooks. The rest of the componentry was typical of E
> model PX-10's. The paint was white although I can't recall if the headtube
> lugs were painted black-I think not.
Now, that sounds a LOT like the PR-10L sold in the states, though I'm not sure of the wheels - 531 main tubes, seamed fork blades, unidentified stays with Simplex forged dropouts and NO chrome on the rear triangle. Usually seen over here with Stronglight 49 cranks.
There was also, what, a PA-10, with the basic Peugeot seamed tubing, steel cottered cranks, that used Normandy Sport hubs with AVA tubular, non-eyeletted rims - in essence, a U0-8 with tubulars. I thought the ones I saw here in little old Greenwood not all that long ago were one-off's, until I got a copy of Chuck Schmidt's/Velo-Retro's Peugeot catalog compilation and read it. I don't think many of those were sold ...
Now, I am sure the records are long gone, but I'd be willing to bet that you could rank Peugeots sold in the States anyway ...
U0-8 - for a while there, wasn't this THE bike boom bike? Gazillions sold. A0-8 - for those with a little less money PX-10E - again, lots of these sold, and I suspect no swap meet is complete with a couple ...
PR-10L - I've encountered three of these in the last couple of years in the Southeast - I see more of the later PKN-10 series bikes that replaced them, for some reason.
AE-18, etc. - the be-fendered, rack and lamp-festooned cousin of the A0-8, and there were more of these sold than I would have thought ...
Russ Fitzgerald Greenwood SC
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