o.k. guys-need a little year i.d. help here, this px 10 was bought new around 1975 and has a serial number of 107410 . it's blue in color and i'm not sure how long it sat in the bike shop before i bought it so any help would be appreciated-thanks, also since i don,t see many blue px10s is this a less produced color?like i said any info would be great

Pictures??? Not enough info otherwise.

See above post.....

I have seen a few older PX-10s in blue, but most of the early-1970s specimens exported to the U.S. were white.

Some of us think a 6-digit serial number denotes 1960s production and that an initial 1 would denote 1961, which sounds too old.

my wife bought this for my b-day from a bike shop that was closing, i had always thought it was older than the 1975 purchase date ,but not that much older. i have seen a 1969 that was blue .I will get some pictures on this weekend(the ones i have on my computer are too large).

here are some pix

and in the background are the original MAVIC championna du monde rims with normandy hubs. this bike is all original except for the tape on the bars,rear derailer,and the seat. and i can't find the pump or the tool kit.it is in excellant condition,i'm working on polishing it up this week and it might hit the auction block. i see they are bringing good prices and i need to upgrade on my mountain bike

Just open the pic with paint and then go to "image"...next click on "Stretch/Skew" then reduce the pics by the same percentage so that they will be uploadable here. After that, just "save as" and you're done. I usually reduce mine to 40% being that the camera is set to 3 megapixels. Hope that helps you in the future. You can always buy imaging software, but this way is free and fairly easy.
Now to your bike....that is one nice looking peugeot. Sorry, but I'm no where near nothing enough to tell you anything regarding that bike,, I'm sure others will chime in shortly and inform you/us.

FWIW, I have one pretty much like it. I have the Simplex Criterium derailleurs on mine though. My Reynolds decal is on the seat tube up by the "Inoxydable" decal. I don't see one on yours, but they were very fragile and flaked off easily. I think mine is early seventies, but that is as close as I have been able to date it.

The decals and the fancy lugs suggest early 1970s. Very nice!

Are you sure you didn't change the brake levers and front derailer at some point?

Somebody did.

Brake levers...yes. Those are Weinmann. Not so sure about the front derailleur as it is consistent with a mid-70s PX-10. I would like to see pics of the dropouts.

Based on the decals, that bike is pre-1975. I've never seen a U.S. PX10 that age with all metal derailers. My '74 was built with plastic derailers front and rear. I still have what's left of them. I understand that they got Super LJ's in europe in 1974.

The last sentence would explain the following page from the 1974 Dutch Peugeot catalog....




It's a French made bike....there's always something not quite right or contrary to the norm.

Note that the '74 had plain lugs. That would make the blue bike pre-74 and nobody got Super LJ's as original equipment prior to 1974.

Are the forkblades half-chromed (can't tell from the pics)? It wouldn't be a PX10 without that, surely? Also, not even a remnant of any 531-decals on frame nor fork? It's possible, of course, just strange on a bike so obviously well cared for. Pump pegs too, I notice... Don't get me wrong though, it's beautiful (I used to have a UO-8 in that colour when I was 16 - a bloody long time ago) and I'd buy that before you could say 'Tour de France', PX10 or not!

A couple points...

1. My 1970 spec manual lists Simplex Prestige derailleus as OEM
2. Mavic Montlery rims with Maillard Profesional hubs would be OEM as well.
3. I'm always leery when I see 'crap artsy' pictures versus straight up side shots. 5 pictures and not a single shot shows what we really need to see.

I read that the PX-10 makes a great 650B conversion candidate

I think I see chrome on a chain stay. The pump pegs are band-on type, so they mean nothing.

Jim

I don't see any reason to be so supicious. He's not trying to sell it.

the front derailer is a simplex and i know that came with the bike, the rear simplex had something break (can't remember what) and the bike shop changed it to a shimano RSX. this happened years ago before i knew i should have saved the old ! you are probably right on the levers as the current ones are diacompe and i can't recall if or when i had them changed.what brake levers came on this bike? thanks for the replies-gotta love these forums for info

now that i read your post i do remember the rear derailer had something plastic break ,still don't recall doing anything the front

yes the front forks are half chrome and it did have some reynolds stickers on it ,i have 4 sons that have at one point or another ridden this bike,probably what happened to the brooks leather seat ,tool kit and pump that i had on a shelf at one time

as soon as the wife gets the camera back i will take any shots you would like to see,the pictures i already had on the computer are the ones you have seen

It wasnt a matter of being suspicious per say but there are 'key' areas to be identified on any PX10 and only 2 were really identified.

A PX8 has chrome rear stays and a chrome fork. I know the bike in question isnt a PX8 but most viewers dont know such a bike existed so chrome stays becomes PX10 by default.