Harvey, hard to believe a prolific and long time collector like you is only now getting your first PX-10. I have three PX-10's, including a circa 1967 with the infamous blue lugs that has been owned, I think, by several CR members. I think you are in for a treat, as my PX-10's are the BEST RIDING bikes I own. I have bikes costing five times as much that cannot match the "feel" of my PX-10's. I guess it is probably the combination of metric gauge 531, light overall weight, and the French geometry of the 60's and early 70's that make these such a delight, but for whatever reason, I find it impossible to end a ride on a PX-10 without a smile on my face. I realize ride quality is subjective, so others may not like the PX-10 as well, but for me, no other bike at any price is as much fun to ride.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] My first PX-10
\r?\n> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 8:51 PM
\r?\n> Yesterday, I bought the first Peugeot
\r?\n> PX-10 I've ever owned, from a friend. I thought I was going
\r?\n> to buy one new about 1969, when I lived in Providence, R.I.
\r?\n> It was time for me to get a bike as good as Beloved Spouse's
\r?\n> ~1961 Atala Columbus tube special with the huge windows in
\r?\n> the cast lugs.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I'd been amazed that folks could actually sell bikes w/o
\r?\n> any Campy stuff for as much as they asked for the PX-10.
\r?\n> $169, as I recall, but $$ were hugely bigger then. Maybe 5x
\r?\n> bigger than today. But, last minute, at the precursor to the
\r?\n> internet (notes on college bulletin boards), I found a
\r?\n> Raleigh International, one year old, for less. Since then,
\r?\n> I've had lots of bikes, some great bikes, but never a
\r?\n> PX-10.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Yesterday, I finally found one funky enough (read: cheap
\r?\n> enough and the right size) to get under the bar for me. Just
\r?\n> what I wanted: white, black graphics, Nervex Pro lugs,
\r?\n> and really beat up paint. With nice mid-life upgrades, too:
\r?\n> Campy bar-ends, Cyclone derailleurs, TTT saddle. Tonight I
\r?\n> stripped it for a full overhaul. Remembered again the neat
\r?\n> V-groove Stronglight (competition?) headset, and the fixed
\r?\n> up came out with out arguing with me. This one will be
\r?\n> fun, and just might be a long-term keeper. Even though this
\r?\n> one, after thorough cleaning, may show more patina than even
\r?\n> my Cinelli. Is it Maytag or Whirlpool that makes the
\r?\n> matching white touch-up for their washing machines?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Maybe we need a new category, most Patina'ed, at Cirque?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Maybe someone will bracket the age for one of these white
\r?\n> critters with the Nervex Pro lugs but new enough to have one
\r?\n> of the riveted-on number plates on the BB. Or, I'll look it
\r?\n> up one of these days.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> harvey "funkmeister" sachs
\r?\n> mcLean va.