Robert,
Thanks for the clarification. I do a sweep of the eBay Peugeot listings several times a week looking for special bikes/frames.
I'm aware of the variances between the European and North American catalogs but looking at these listings before did his Jon's post I thought they all couldn't be PY-10s; there weren't that many made???
Sometimes you can't tell the players without a score card!
Here's links to a few websites with classic Peugeot information:
http://cyclespeugeot.com/
http://www.peugeotshow.com/
http://retropeugeot.com/
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
R.S. Broderick wrote:
> ...not a chance....
>
> 290537158144 \u2013 decidedly NOT a PY-10 model (...perhaps a PX-10 frameset
> of some type, but not a PY).
>
> 230588509710 \u2013 you have got to be kidding (\u2026not you Jon, the seller) \u2013
> this bike is wrong on SO many levels.
>
> 160551544380 \u2013 nice try from an otherwise respectable (...but apparently
> uninformed or misinformed) seller that I have dealt with in the past,
> but wrong, wrong, wrong for being a PY (...decals, lugs, dropouts, fork
> crown \u2013 the list goes on and on) \u2013 it\u2019s a PX.
>
> 320662595016 \u2013 tough call, but I am inclined to give this seller
> (...again, another respectable type I have had dealings with) the
> benefit of the doubt absent a few more close-up photos for a hard
> confirmation\u2013 but in any case it\u2019s a \u201ctouring spec\u201d PY and not a racing one.
>
> 220745068192 \u2013 now THIS appears to be a bonafide racing PY-10
> constructed from the optional lightweight 531 SL tubeset, albeit of a
> vintage only slightly later than the 1975 to 1977 heyday when Thevenet
> rode them to victory in the TdF.
>
> Robert \u201ccaveat emptor\u201d Broderick
>
> ...the \u201cChronically Cloudy Clime\u201d of Oregon
>
> Portland, USA
>
> *From:* classic-rendezvous-lightweight-vintage-bicycles@googlegroups.com
> *On Behalf Of *Jon Crate
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 26, 2011 11:13 AM
> *Subject:* {CR} Raining PY-10s
>
> It appears we have 5 - count em - 5 (4 frame sets and 1 bike) Py-10s on ebay
>
> 220745068192
>
> 320662595016
>
> 160551544380
>
> 230588509710
>
> 290537158144
>
> Fortunately, they are all too small for me!
>
> Jon M. Crate
> Marietta, Georgia USA
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