I bought my PX-10e from the curmudgeon behind the counter at Wastyn's in March of '73. They carried Peugeot's and Cinelli's at that time. In addition to Roberts, I think someone on the south side also carried Peugeots, but I wouldn't swear to it.
=gordon
>>> r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com> 03/14/04 08:22PM >>>
Jerry:
You maybe hit something for the Chicago market - the "fence" of the Schwinn dealer network.
Friends who bought "10 spd race bikes" went to Licktons for Dawes, Holdsworth, Witcomb.
Only French around were Motobecane and Mercier from another northside dealer.
Roberts Cyclyes handled Peugot but no one I knew went there because of it's location. No idea what could have happened to all those Peugots Roberts must have sold over the years. To students from Northwestern U in adjacent Evanston?
Richard Cielec Chicago jerrymoos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote: One would assume that the Schwinn Paramount ruled supreme in its hometwon of Chicago, although it was a lot more expensive than the PX-10. PX-10 was more common than Paramount in Cleveland, near where I lived in the early 70's though.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
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> I'm curious - Were PX-10's marketed with geographic sensitivity in the US?
I've never actually seen one being ridden around the Chicago area (there's
got to be) yet, in other areas, they seem to fall out of the wood work and
people have to step over them.
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> If I ever have to step over a 52cm,...
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> Regards,
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> Richard Cielec
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