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
> 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