Re: [CR]FS 1963 Peugeot PX-10E frameset and parts, $800

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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:37:28 -0700
From: "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
To: haxixe@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CR]FS 1963 Peugeot PX-10E frameset and parts, $800
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Kurt Sperry wrote:
> It seems like once a vintage French bike that requires those sorts of
> components the Japanese collectors covet gets parted out, it almost
> makes better sense to pitch the frame into a dumpster than to try to
> do anything halfway correct with it. The restoration cost will far
> exceed any value the finished project will ever possess. At least
> this one doesn't need Juy 543/53 changers to be correct. I reckon a
> vintage PX or similar bike that needs those pieces is pretty much
> worthless once those derailleurs are removed and sold off.

Yes, the frame I'm selling is pretty much worthless. I think I paid about a hundred for it, shipped. It's the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree on which I hoped to hang my ornaments. :)

Morgan Fletcher
Oakland, CA