Norris Lockley wrote:
> (snip)
> Nice as these Peugeots are (1978 PEUGEOT PY10CP), I must confess
> that they look a little
> "industrial" when compared with the 1981 Motobecane team bike that
> used
> to belong to the team leader Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke that I have just
> bought. There's some beautiful finishing to the long point lugs and
> the
> fork and stay-ends.. well worthy of an artist-craftsman.
Norris, the PRO10 that replaced the PY10CP (both team bikes) in the early 1980s had a much more refined look than the earlier PY10CP. Main triangle pearl white team color, everything else chrome including the fork, long point lugs, biconical seat stays, drilled drop outs, pantographed seat stay cap and pantographed sloping fork crown. Very Italianesque and refined compared to the "industrial" look of the PY10CP.
Did this "emasculate the Peugeot look?" I just thought they were getting on the Italian Design bandwagon back then like everyone else. The finishing on the PRO10 sure looked better!
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com
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