I paid $269 for my PX10e in March of '73... I'm pretty sure it's a '72 model. I bought it from the curmudgeon behind the counter at Oscar Wastyn's, in Chicago. It was a *lot* less expensive than the Cinelli's he had there ;->
gordon kucaba Woodridge <Chicago Area> IL
>>> HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com> 4/27/2004 5:21:05 PM >>>
In 1968 or 1969, Ken Caster, Caster's Cycles, Warwick, RI, offered to
get one for me for $165. I seriously considered it, but instead got a
one-year old Raleigh International, almost unridden, from a RISD student
for $140. I was so excited I rode it around our apartment in Providence.
I remember the first time I saw a PX-10 and was puzzled by the high
price of a bike w/o any Campy parts. :-)
harvey sachs McLean VA
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:31:13 -0400 From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Dating PY-10s - was: Probably not a PY10/was Ebay Outing :Almost -New PY10 Message-ID: <005e01c42c53$886effa0$22e0fea9@man> References: <BCB3F81F.7682%oscar@oscarcasander.nl> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 9
Many thanks Oscar and Dirk for all this great PX-10 and PY-10 information.
I just have a boring run-of-the-mill 1972 PX-10e, but it's simply the most delightful machine to ride out there. Just what was the secret here? Frame angles? I assume this is 72 parallel (French cycle maker never seem to mention this essential unlike the British). But now I can see why this was a TdF champion for so long... is there another bicycle that has that perfect combination of handling (well she's a little "whippy"), ride, lightness and responsiveness? You could race this all day. And I have to say that the delrin Simplex derailleur is the smoothest, quietest shifter one could hope for. Just a bloody marvelous machine. How they sold this for $240 (I seem to recall that was the price in the early '70s) is beyond me... it was a bargain back then.
Je t'aime mon Peugeot!
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA