Joe wrote: <<...PX-10 quality ....was passable during the bike boom and 70's...>>
You know, as having sold those along with the other big brands in the bike boom days, I would have to defend the Peugeots when comparing them to the Ralieghs, Merciers, Gitanes, etc.. Despite obvious pressures to "crank them out" the Peugeots may have looked less prepared etc., but there were no huge brazing gaps, buggered up details and misalignments that the others occasionally demonstrated...
Dale Brown cycles de ORO, Inc. 1410 Mill Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA 336.274.5959 http://www.cyclesdeoro.com http://www.classicrendezvous.com -----Original Message----- From: joebz@optonline.net To: kohl57@starpower.net Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:04 AM Subject: [CR]Peugeot PX-10 quality
Perhaps the better description of PX-10 quality is that it was very high
during the 1950's, tapered down during the 1960's, was passable
during the bike boom and 70's and then took a fairly remarkable upwar
d turn in the 1980's. My 1952 PH-10 has very thin lugs and quite a n
ice level of finish. 1960's frames go at very strong prices, mostl
y based on their merit. The 1970s bikes were probably the best value i
n the marketplace and I suppose Peugeot could sell all they could make.
That's never good for niceties like the finish quality of a productio
n bicycle. The 1980's bikes look just great and the custom ones are
spectacular.The1952 PH-10 carries a sticker from a shop in Nice. Dri
ving the great quality of? Urago must have been that lower priced (pre
sumably) PH-10 next to it in a shop in the hometown of the Urago worksho
p. Peugeot set a benchmark for value in France and I suppose that comp
etition is one reason why French bikes are often so nice and provided go
od value.Joe Bender-ZanoniGreat Notch, NJ----- Original Message ----
-From: "P.C. Kohler" Date: Thursday, March 1, 2007 8:2
7 pmSubject: [CR]Late model Peugeot PX-10sTo: Classicrendezvous@
bikelist.org> I own a 1985 Peugeot PX (Columbus SLX and all Mavic co
mponents). > 100 per > cent French (well except the tubing and the
Mavic-labelled > Modolo > brakes!). Totally classic, totally CR
List worthy despite > falling beyond > that cut-off date "thing"
. She's one of the best riding machines > in my > admittedly sma
ll collection, beautiful finish and the build > quality is > frank
ly better than the "classic" Peugeots PX-10s of the 60s. A > lot
> better. Indeed, I think Peugeot reached their pinnacle c. 198
1-> 86. My > no. 1 coveted bike remains a 753 tubed 1981ish PY-1
0P. I paid > about $460 > for my PX so $250 seems... wel
l a bargain. > > http://www.wooljersey.com/
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