Friends: A house rule of mine is that when a new Vintage bike in my collection goes on it's first ride or show, I send the previous owner a note and a picture.
So...in 2007 I got a 1977 Peugeot PY-10 frame and a few parts from listmemb er Chuck Brooks.
Some time later I won a bike (wrong size for me) from another listmember on ebay that had the all gold Simplex equipment I wanted for the PY-10.
I got the donor bike (Maybe a Gitane TDF?) and stripped the parts for my PY -10. Frankly I was a bit embarrassed to buy a bike just to mine it for parts.... After waiting long enough that I thought nobody would notice, I put the fra me on ebay.
Sold it.
And then got a kind and gentle note from previous owner saying that it woul d have been good form to give him first refusal on buying back the frame.
Now it gets worse...PY-10 is complete and GORGEOUS, it has had it's first s howing at the Texas Velo Roundup. I sent Chuck a note and a pic...and I can't find my record of who provided the STUNNING gold Simplex jewelry for it!
So...dear previous owner of the bike with the gold jewelry...check out the
PY-10 that Jon Fischer has posted on his site at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/
Clyde "embarrassed" Putman
Dallas, TX, USA, Earth