UO-8 would have had cottered steel cranks, Normandy Sport hubs, steel rims, steel straight post of small diameter (26.0 or less), cheap leather saddle. Tubing sticker would say "tubes legers Peugeot" or something similar. The RD would be the cheaper plastic Simplex with thin stamped jockey cage plates. PX-10 would have Stronglight cotterless cranks, Normandy Competition hubs, alloy rims (tubulars if original), Simplex 26.4 or 26.6 badged seatpost, Brooks or Ideale saddle. Tubing sticker would be Reynolds 531 in French. The RD would be the better Simplex plastic with proper forged jockey cage plates. The brake calipers probably say "Dural Forge" (forged alloy), which is how Racers were marked for much of the 60's. These could have appeared on either uo-8 or PX-10.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
-----Original Message----- From: Warren Young [mailto:wyoung@stonehenge.ca] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:08 AM To: Classicrendezvous (E-mail) Subject: [CR]Late 60's UO-8
From the exotic cirque...back to the mundane. I'm not a french bike guy but I had to pick up a pristine lime green Peugeot UO-8, (I think, how can you tell? It's not a PX-10.) at a thrift store the other day just because the paint and decals are so mint.According to the PX-10 database the decals indicate it's from around 1967. Still has the original Hutchinson rubber on it as well. Both Delrin Simplex derailleurs have cracks in the plastic bits.I have another front...but would it be period correct to put a Simplex Brevete on the tail end? I've been unable to find a timeline for the Simplex gears...is the Brevete a nice derailleur? Also the Mafac brakes have no hoods on the levers and they don't say Racer...just that they are made of Dural. Are these a lower end product? So many questions... Thanks.
Warren Young