I would have thought that as late as 1985 those Mavic ders and brake levers would be grey anodized. I see the silver colored versions in a 1979 catalog and thought they were only offered in silver for a couple years.
Mitch Harris Little Rock Canyon, Ut
On 4/16/06, P.C. Kohler <kohl57@starpower.net> wrote:
>
> Zoot alors! I bought another French bicycle!
>
> http://shorl.com/
>
> This is the last of the PX-10s, said to date from 1985 and I would imagin
e
> the last high quality steel-framed Peugeot lightweight (Columbus SLX
> tubing)
> and the last with all French componentry (tout Mavic). And this stuff is
> tres sexy, n'est pas?
>
> Two questions
>
> 1) does anyone out there have a catalogue c. 1985-86 showing this model
> that
> they might scan and send me??
>
> 2) Mavic brakes.
>
> This machine has aero Dia-Compe levers. I don't think this is original.
> And
> I hope not. I really dislike "aero" levers intensely and since the Peugeo
t
> team bikes didn't have such things even as late as 1986, I doubt a stock
> bike would.
>
> So...
>
> Did Mavic make their own branded non-aero levers? Or did they use someone
> elses?? I am tempted to go the easy route and fit Spidel-Mafac levers but
> want, of course, to do it right and make my life misable in the process.
>
> Other than that, this seems a complete, original and clean example of the
> end of an era. That Neopolitan blue with the yellow/orange trim is about
> as
> 1980s as one could hope for. Not that I was hoping but there you have
> it...
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA