Originally Posted by 3alarmer

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...back when that PX-10 was sold new, they got sold a lot to people who had never ridden a bike very much, came into a shop, and asked for a "best" bicycle, for not too much money. So while everyone I knew at the time (the unwashed poor) was stuck riding around on lesser bikes like UO-8's, there was this select group of people with trust funds or other inherited privilege who bought these, rode them around, had one flat tyre with tubulars, and stuck them in the attic or over in one corner of the garage, hanging from a hook.

I think I've come upon three of them here with a similar story. The guy wanted to buy a bike, asked for something "really good for the money", walked out the proud owner of a PX-10, ("just like the ones the Peugeot team rides in the Tour",) and then got bored with it pretty quickly. Maybe now it will at least get some miles on it.