Re: [CR]Re: Peugeot for sale and needing a guess as to age...

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:11:49 -0700
From: "Kendra Coatney" <masi3vgirl@gmail.com>
To: "dgdyer@cox.net" <dgdyer@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Peugeot for sale and needing a guess as to age...
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Hello all-

I had no idea that Peugeots were such a hot item! A friend of mine purchased one from a garage sale a couple years ago for about 30 bucks. I pushed her to get it because it was cheap, old, and it looked cool. I just called her and asked her if she still has it and if she wants to sell it to me. She said 50 bucks or take her out to dinner and it's mine. I pick it up Monday! From my memory it looks like the red 1978 below in the link. She still has the frame pump for it too. I remember she never rode it (we were rommates at the time and she got into choppers and tall bikes instead) because the brakes and shifters didn't work properly. My first vintage project!

http://home.wanadoo.nl/peugeotshow/images/1978_3.jpg

I will post pictures as soon as I get the bike! I look forward to your inp ut.

Kendra "too excited to wait until Monday for my new bike" Coatney Seattle, WA

On 8/17/05, dgdyer@cox.net <dgdyer@cox.net> wrote:
> Dale,
>
> >> I'm pretty sure that the PX-10s brakes were Mafac
> >> Competition throughout this time period; the Mafac 2000's
> >> would seem to have been a later upgrade. Anybody know the
> >> date that the 2000's first appeared? >>
> >
> > Good question as I think that will nail down the year for
> > this bike.. I am pretty certain the brakes are original
> > as well..
>
> I agree -- particularly if the Mafac 2000 brakes were first
> offered during that time frame. I didn't become aware of
> their existance until much later (kids and all in the late
> '70s), so I really can't help you there.
>
> > FWIW, its a 60 CM frame (c-to-top) with a 58 cm top tube
> > (BIG!)
>
> Its funny how the Peugeots of that period always seem to
> look smaller than they really are. With that top tube,
> however, I may be able to ride it. I'm in Boone NC next
> week and will drop by for a visit if I get the chance.
>
> Dion Dyer, "traveling from" San Diego "but not by bike :("
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <oroboyz@aol.com>
> To: <dgdyer@cox.net>; <gvpoole@bellsouth.net>;
> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Peugeot for sale and needing a guess as
> to age...
>
>
> > Hi Dion:
> >
> > << Until 1975, my weak recollection is that PX-10's
> > offered a colour selection of white only. By later in the
> > 1970s silver and blue (usually the light power blue) were
> > being offered. Don't remember any red ones until after
> > that; red was usually reserved for the lesser models
> > including the PR-10 and PN-10. Could this be a repaint,
> > with inconsistent decals.>>
> >
> > It's quite apparent when looking at this bike that it's
> > original except for the wheels, pedals & clips. No
> > repaint, no repalcement of decals, etc.
> > Of course there were PX-10 colors other than the most well
> > known white w/black before 1975. But I had not seen a red
> > model of this approximate era before...
> >
> >> I'm pretty sure that the PX-10s brakes were Mafac
> >> Competition throughout this time period; the Mafac 2000's
> >> would seem to have been a later upgrade. Anybody know the
> >> date that the 2000's first appeared? >>
> >
> > Good question as I think that will nail down the year for
> > this bike.. I am pretty certain the brakes are original
> > as well..
> >
> > FWIW, its a 60 CM frame (c-to-top) with a 58 cm top tube
> > (BIG!)
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dale
> >
> >
> > Dale Brown
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