Re: [CR]Ebay Peugeot Question

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From: "Galen" <gvpoole@bellsouth.net>
To: "Ken Freeeman" <freesound@comcast.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Peugeot Question
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 21:52:32 -0500
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Ken,

If memory serves me correctly, the PX10 went from fancy Nervex lugs to plain Nervex lugs about 1973. Given the usual French disdain for formal model year changes, this could be a 1972. It does seem very original, and although the description states a 31" standover height, it looks a little too short in the steering tube to be a 55-56 cm frame--more like a 52-54 cm seat tube. If it were a little larger, I'd be bidding on it, even if the guy who made the frame was named Jacques instead of Giovanni. They do have a very relaxed, supple ride, and that simple Simplex stuff is just bulletproof.

Galen Poole
Jackson, MS


----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Freeeman
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:06 PM
Subject: [CR]Ebay Peugeot Question



> This PX10 on Ebay (7155506133) doesn't quite make sense to me. The SN is
> 2845030, which the owner says is a 1972. The picture seems to show
> smooth-edged head lugs painted black, while my recollection (borne out by
> the references linked from the CR page) is that those lugs were a pretty
> curly-pointy edged Nervex in black on a white frame. Is this really a
> later
> frame? Most important, does in fall into the more laid-back geometries,
> or
> more upright?
>
> Ken Freeman
> Ann Arbor, MI