Re: [CR]FS 1963 Peugeot PX-10E frameset and parts, $800

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:37:37 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: "Donald Gillies" <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]FS 1963 Peugeot PX-10E frameset and parts, $800
In-Reply-To: <200704182306.l3IN6kai014725@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
References: <200704182306.l3IN6kai014725@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I quite agree. I was engaging in a rhetorical device moreso than seriously recommending anyone pitch their late '50s PX in the bin because someone had previously taken off the 543 to sell to Kauzo.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA

On 4/18/07, Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
> > It seems like once a vintage French bike that requires those sorts of
> > components the Japanese collectors covet gets parted out, it almost
> makes
> > better sense to pitch the frame into a dumpster than to try to do
> anything
> > halfway correct with it.
>
> I must disagree of course. In a day or two you can put together a
> mid-70's french build kit using Normandy sport or comp wheels with
> mavic rims, Simplex SX410 mechs, and maybe an SR-royal (copy of
> simplex) seatpost for $150 - $200. You can even get a NOS ideale 2001
> seat from mel pinto or whatnot. The stronglight 93 crank would be the
> most expensive part (hint : buy it with french thread and get greg
> parker's NOS atom 700 pedals to save $$$).
>
> Your 1962 bike instantly becomes a 1980 bike updated for racing, its
> still 100% french, and the pretty girls will look at you at the local
> cafe like you're a young hunk on a 1980 bike, not an old fart on a
> 1962 bike (flame-retardant suit : activated!)
>
> It's a darned shame to waste ANY nice frameset ...