Re: [CR]Peugeot PY10FC road test

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From: "David Goerndt" <davidg@iag.net>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <B6764F48.4AF9%bob.reid1@virgin.net> <3A50A806.2566D738@penn.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Peugeot PY10FC road test
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 11:03:43 -0500


: Re: [CR]Peugeot PY10FC road test


> Bob, I haven't seen the article, but I assume this was a rebadged Vitus carbon
> fibre frame, i.e. like the Vitus aluminum frames, but with carbon fibre
> laminated over the main tubes. The PY10FC may have later been built by
> Zodiac, but the the PY10FC in my 1986 Peugeot catalog sure looks like a Vitus
> carbon fibre frame - in fact I can almost make out what appears to be the
> Vitus aluminum tubing fork sticker.
>

The article states that the frame tubes are 2.5mm larger than the Vitus, so it's not a rebadge. The bikes used Vitus forks, dropouts and rear triangles.

David Goerndt