Yes, you are correct. A lot of people have talked about Mavic rims, but in the area where I lived at the time (Northeast Ohio), all the PX-10s arrived at the shops with SuperChampion Arc-en-Ciel tubulars. The shop I hung out at (Heinz Linke's Lakewood Cycles) sold more PX-10's than anything else and they all had SuperChampion.
If you look closely, there is still part of the 531 decal present on the right fork blade. No doubt that this is an early 70's PX-10E, just as the seller says it is.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
freesound@comcast.net wrote: Eugene Sloan lists PX-10Es, probably early '70s, as having Mavic Montlery rims.
Anyway, y'all think so far it's really a PX-10E with rims, crankset, and brake levers swapped out for some reason, and with the Reynolds decals long departed.
Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI
I presume you meant to say crank and brake levers, rather than fork and brake levers. I agree, the original crank was Stronglight model 93 and levers were Mafac, like the calipers. Also, this bike probably came with SuperChampion tubular rims, which were changed out to 27" clinchers. Probably rebuilt with the original hubs, as he gold label Normandy Competitions with Simplex QRs are correct.
Perhaps the original owner couldn't deal with the unique Stronglight extractor thread and perhaps the French pedal thread. Don't understand the DiaCompe levers, unless he didn't like the Mafac half hoods.
If by so small, you mean the 165mm cranks, I agree the original Stronglight would have been 170mm.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
kim klakow wrote: The fork is not right though, as are the brake levers. Should be Stronglight and Mafac. Why is it so small?
;-) kim
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Datum: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:49:24 -0700 (PDT)
Von: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos
An: Ken Freeman , classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Betreff: Re: [CR]Peugeot on Ebay - What is it?
> Ken, I am 99.9% sure that is an early 70's PX-10. The lugs are right, the
> decals are right, and in that era, only the PX-10, at least among models
> sold in USA, had the half chromed forks AND half chromed stays. Plus the
> bike has the "Inoxydable" decal at the top of the seattube which was on the
> PX-10 then. You can also see the outline where the triangular Reynolds 531
> decal was at the top of the fork blade.
>
> The bike would have had old style (before Reynolds Tube Co.) 531 DB
> French language frame decal below the "Inoxydable" on the seattube and the old
> style French language 531 fork decals on both forks.
>
> REgards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> Ken Freeman wrote:
> Title says it all. It's item 220013851394, the frame looks like a PX-10
> or
> similar, but with a mixed component selection. Has Nervex lugs, claimed to
> be 531 DB, but no stickers, but also claimed to be original paint!
> Did Peugeot make bikes with Nervex lugs and Simplex or Huret ends that
> were
> not 531, or were not graced with Reynolds decals?
> Seems odd to me!
> Ken Freeman, Ann Arbor, MI
>
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