Re: [CR]Peugeot model names

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From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
To: "David Goerndt" <davidg@iag.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Peugeot model names
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:44:13 -0400



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From: David Goerndt
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Peugeot model names



>
> My research on the "X" in PX revealed that it was meant to stand for
> inoxydable. Sometime in the 50's Peugeot started using the inoxydable name
> for its tubing and added the "X" to the name.
>
> David Goerndt
> Orlando, FL

Fascinating, David... many thanks.

Now.. "inoxydable".... since Peugeots were not made of what we'd term in English "stainless steel"... does this not translate in method and material rather than language to "bonderised", the rustless process used on many British made machines and called "spra-bonderised" by Raleigh? It was rustproofing rather than "stainless" and I rather think is what "inoxydable" means in cycle terms.

Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA