"kohl57@starpower.net" <kohl57@starpower.net> writes:
> Was it standard to have chromed steel seatposts on PX-10s c. 1965-75??
>
> I ask because mine has a steel Simplex post, all quite proper and I think
> original. And others I've seen have the same. But why steel? When the
> French were SO weight conscious with pioneering applications of alloy and
> of course Delrin. Even the brakeshoe holders are alloy. Simplex made
> alloy posts of course, but what was standard to PXs?
My 1963 (?) PX-10E (?) had a possibly-stock no-name chrome steel post before it was taken apart and sold piecemeal. Here's some pics:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Here's the seatpost:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
I've since got a steel Simplex post to replace it, mostly because I like the way the Simplex posts look.
Still slowly collecting parts to build the frame back into a bicycle.
Morgan -- Morgan Fletcher, morgan@hahaha.org Oakland, CA