I recall when a new PX-10 listed for $250 (I recall circa 1972). The UO-8 was superior to the typical department store fodder available from Sears, Montgomery Wards, JC Penney, et al, in the early days of the "Bike Boom", but a far cry from a pro-peleton worthy (at the time) top-of-the-line PX-10.
Steve Whitting
"The Ciocc Cat"
Prairieville, Louisiana USA
Website at http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/
From: verktyg <verktyg@aol.com> Subject: Re: [CR] An ebay marketing "gem" :-) To: "Andrew R Stewart" <onetenth@earthlink.net>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, verktyg@aol.com Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 3:46 PM
Fixie fools have been paying that kind of money for common old entry level gas pipe bikes.
The hype on this offering was a little over the top, IMO.
I sent the seller a polite note about his historical inaccuracies. Peugeot UO-8s were probably the most commonly imported European bike between the late 60s and late 70s. The only thing that it has in common with a PX-10 is the brand name! $1000? PX-10s at one point sold for under $300!
Chas. Colerich Grumpy in Oakland, CA USA
Andrew R Stewart wrote:
> Seems to me that the seller is trolling for the bike's value with out really wanting to sell it. That and his misdirection is unfortunate.