> Thought that $165 for a Peugot PX-10 was a lot of money for a bike
> without campy parts.
i think you have it backwards. The "heart" of every bike is the frame. The best frames were considered to be reynolds 531. The Peugot was the lowest cost bike - by $50, a lot of money - to give you a frame of "racing quality". Campy parts were nice, but there was also a lot of campy snobbery and i think that the top stronglight / atom / maillard parts were as durable. You just had to throw away the simplex derailleur and buy suntour, and everyone did.
So the PX-10 was not "expensive for a bike without campy parts". The PX-10 was "a bargain for a bike with a 531 DB-throughout frame."
- Don