Originally Posted by
juvela
hello dddd -
thanks very much for your complete answer. how were you able to determine that your px is a ten? i would have thought that an early sixties example would be an eight or a nine. is there a peugeot timeline posted somewhere? (not questioning your statement) have seen one or two examples with that green/orange livery. wonder if it predates or is contemporaneous with the royal blue/yellow one...
the italian bike must have been a one down from the top model. a number of italian mfrs put a record chainset on the top model and a verot on the next one down during the sixties.
yes, those early record chainsets must be worth a small fortune, especially on honshu. have had one or two come through over the years. recall the dustcap at the inner end of the pedal hole and the lack of webbing between the two lower spider arms and the crank arm itself.
thanks as always for your explanations
I assumed the Peugeot was a PX10 simply because of the front/rear chroming, and the usual other components, but the rear derailer on this one is the Export61 Luxe, with chromed finish and thumbwheel limit adjusters.
Both of my early Record cranksets have the chromed pedal hole caps and machined (to remove webbing) right arm. I notice that Stronglight cranks are all machined this way.
BTW, at the Swap meet on Saturday, I picked up a different pair of Simplex derailers from this approximate period.
All-steel, with beveled alloy washer surrounding the flat-head screw at each spring pivot. My previous Export61 rear derailer finds had plastic covers over each pivot, but here these are fine-looking screw and alloy washer. This one isn't chromed however, but has the offset plastic pullies w/o ball bearings. A matching alloy pushrod front mech was included, for $50.
We had a great day here, with local shop offering 20 and 40-mile morning rides, then free tacos and good beer, followed by the Tour of California riders coming past the shop across a mid-stage sprint line!
Will be taking the day off tomorrow to ride down to the Stage 2, Individual Time Trial, where one of our club members has devised a route to allow us to view the race from several vantage points.
