If all the decals are there, the PX-10 will also have Reynolds 531 tubing decals, while the UO-8 will probably say something like "special lightweight Peugeot tubing". One of the odd things about Peugeots that the designations by which they are known and which appeared in the catalogs - PX-10, PY-10, UO-8, etc. never, to my knowledge, appeared on the bikes. In the late 70's or the 80's, some models did have "subtitles" if you will, like "Competition" or Triathlon" that did appear on the frame, but Peugeot fans still referred to them mostly by the alphanumeric model codes, not the names on the frames.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Eric Elman wrote:
> PX-10 will have chromed rear 1/2 stays, stronglight cotterless crankset,
> Aluminum sew-up rims, Simplex badged micro-adjust seatpost, Brooks saddle
> (usually), aluminum hbars, Reynolds 531 decals.
> UO-8 will only have 1/2 chromed fork, steel cottered crankset, plain steel
> seatpost, steel rims, Agda saddle, steel hbars.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Eric Elman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Freides <steve@fridayscomputer.com>
> To: Classic Lightweights <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:18 PM
> Subject: [CR]How To ID a UO-8 or PX-10
>
> > I'm trying to help a friend ID a bike. It says Peugot, but she sees
> nothing
> > like UO-8 or PX-10 written anywhere on the frame. The time of original
> > purchase isn't 100% clear but it was a bike ridden in college by someone
> > about my age (mid-late 40's), so a possible purchase range is the early
> > '70's.
> >
> > She walked about the bike today but I couldn't tell her what to look for -
> > can anyone help here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -S-