Re: [CR]Peugeot on Ebay - What is it?

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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:24:15 +0200
From: "kim klakow" <Akimbo71@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Peugeot on Ebay - What is it?
To: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, freesound@comcast.net


The fork is not right though, as are the brake levers. Should be Stronglight and Mafac. Why is it so small?

;-) kim

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:49:24 -0700 (PDT) Von: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> An: Ken Freeman <freesound@comcast.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Betreff: Re: [CR]Peugeot on Ebay - What is it?
> Ken, I am 99.9% sure that is an early 70's PX-10. The lugs are right, the
> decals are right, and in that era, only the PX-10, at least among models
> sold in USA, had the half chromed forks AND half chromed stays. Plus the
> bike has the "Inoxydable" decal at the top of the seattube which was on the
> PX-10 then. You can also see the outline where the triangular Reynolds 531
> decal was at the top of the fork blade.
>
> The bike would have had old style (before Reynolds Tube Co.) 531 DB
> French language frame decal below the "Inoxydable" on the seattube and the old
> style French language 531 fork decals on both forks.
>
> REgards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> Ken Freeman <freesound@comcast.net> wrote:
> Title says it all. It's item 220013851394, the frame looks like a PX-10
> or
> similar, but with a mixed component selection. Has Nervex lugs, claimed to
> be 531 DB, but no stickers, but also claimed to be original paint!
> Did Peugeot make bikes with Nervex lugs and Simplex or Huret ends that
> were
> not 531, or were not graced with Reynolds decals?
> Seems odd to me!
> Ken Freeman, Ann Arbor, MI
>
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