My understanding back in the day ('82 or '83) was that the original PY 10 FC was made for Peugeot by Vitus to Peugeot's specifications. It was different than any carbon bike that Vitus sold and I believe Peugeot supplied the carbon tubes to Vitus for the carbon Peugeot. It had oversize carbon tubes for the main triangle. These oversized carbon tubes were glued into aluminum sleeves at each end and the sleeves stepped down in diameter so that the oversized carbon tubes could be glued into the stock sized cast aluminum Vitus lugs. Anyone else remember the details?
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> I think I was having a senior moment here. Yanko says this is
> 531. I was thinking of the PY-10 FC, which was the rebadged
> Vitus. The PY-10 CP was, I believe, a custom order frame, built to
> customer specifications.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
>
> Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Is it aluminum? I believe the CP stood for "Fibre de Carbon". If
> it's the one I think, it was a rebadged Vitus aluminum frame, the
> one with the main tubes overlaid with carbon fibre.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> Yanko Damboulev wrote:
> I found in France a 1978 58 cm NOS Peugeot PY 10 CP. The bike was
> custom
> made for the head of the Peugeot Bicycle Division. He never rode the
> bike. I bought it - fire in my hands, as if a blacksmith had lent me
> some coals. I will post photos as soon as I have the bike.
>
> Yanko Damboulev
> Los Angeles, CA 90069