Well, check this out: my 1969 Atala Grand Prix, with its Campy
NR derailleurs and hubs (but a Magistroni crankset) was under
$125. That included a Pletcher rack and New York City sales
tax! That's why I couldn't bear to purchase a Peugeot in those
days. It took many more years for me to be seduced by a French
bicycle.
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
> 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
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> 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
>
>
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