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12-01-12 | 07:07 AM

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John E

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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

The 1980 Peugeot PKN-10 (successor to the venerable PR-10) I gave to my elder son was similar -- great-riding bike, great looking from a distance, but visible seams on the backs of the fork blades and visible solder splatter around the seat cluster and bottom bracket and visible solder voids at the rear dropouts. Even the Peugeot downtube decals were not perfectly parallel. In contrast, my same-vintage, comparable-quality (also a mixed tubeset w/ high-end butted main triangle and cheaper forks and stays) tre tubi Bianchi looks nearly perfect.

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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069

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