----- Original Message ----- From: "James G Allen" <jgallen@lexairinc.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [CR]What else; Am I crazy/Peugeot
> OK, I get it now. Peugeots were great because they could be had for next
> to nothing, And the same sloppily brazed machine with plastic parts that
> you got was the same machine that Thevenet, Merckx et all rode to great
> victories. And that makes one in nice condition and brazed in the glory
> years when their quality was actually poorer worth $3500.00. ;-)
By jove, I think he's got it!
Although it's worth recalling that my original post marvelling at the $3500 winning bid was just that... marvelling that a humble PX-10 could snipe at the heels of a Masi or Colnago in the panatheon of "you spent what on that old bike?" rather than suggest it, or anyother bike, is "worth" that much. You spend it, it's worth it. It's as simple as that.
Anyway, I'm off in my checkerboard jersey and cap to ride my sloppily brazed PX-10 with the plastic parts on this lovely day.
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA