Re: [CR] Peugeot PY10 on French Ebay

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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:16:35 +0000
From: "Hugh Thornton" <hughwthornton@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Peugeot PY10 on French Ebay


One interesting thing about this bike is the way that the usual rather clunky Simplex rear dropout has been filed away so that it looks quite elegant as well as weighing a few grams less.  I would feel a bit more comfortable with it if there was a bit more metal left on the gear hanger though.  The droputs on my 1975 bike have additional metal to accommodate a screw adjuster, such as this bike has, but they are not drilled and use the old type clamp in the dropout slot to locate the wheel.  Was the screw an option at that time?  Or did Simplex make provision for an adjuster screw in the dropout forging first and then add an adjuster screw later? My understanding about the PY10 was that Peugeot would give you more or less what you wanted, so I would have thought it possible to get one this spec, special edition or not.  The gold groupset was offered as standard on some Pegeots some years. Were team Peugeots silver when Thevenet won the tour in 1975? - I thought that was the last year of white, but I am open to correction.  And does anybody know how his bike was equipped? Regis Delepine rode for Peugeot from 1977 to 1980, after the ebay machine was built, so perhaps the transition in team equipment took place about the time this bike was made (assuming the equipment on Norris' bike is as raced). Hugh Thornton Cheshire, England


--- On Thu, 22/10/09, Norris Lockley wrote:


From: Norris Lockley <nlockley73@googlemail.com> Subject: [CR] Peugeot PY10 on French Ebay To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Thursday, 22 October, 2009, 1:02

For all you Peugeot enthusiasts on the List here's fine example for sale.

The seller claims that this immaculate 1976 model was one of a limited edition produced to celebrate Bernard Thevenet's  1975 Tour victory.

The frame is finished in the silver paint of that era and has the older chequerboard decals. A main feature of the bike is the Simplex gold anodised gear set and MAFAC brakes. Chainset is a Stronglight 93, bars are Cinelli and the hubs are Campagnolo L/F . The equipment might have been changed around a little, but I have in my collection a Peugeot Team bike that belonged to Regis Delepine that has Cinelli bars and a Campagnolo L/F Record wheelset

The current price is 300 euros with about five and half days to go.  However the auction is on the French Ebay Collectables site not the main bike auction..and probably will not get as many visits.

The bike is to be found just in the outer southern suburbs of Paris, but the seler will ship world-wide.

Lest I forget, the Item No is:*1104448038349. The frame is Reynolds 531 5/10me..pretty light.*

I am tempted but at around 56cms (I think) it's too big for me.

Norris Lockley

Settle UK