PX 10 yes or no?
02-25-09 | 11:46 PM
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PX 10 yes or no?
I want to buy a frame so I can start building up a nice bike to ride around. Came across this on craigslist, she says it's a px10 from the 70's. it has the reynolds tubing sticker and the serial number on the bottom bracket reads 1814685. Can anyone identify what the serial number means in terms of the model? Also the lugs are black. https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bik/1049602215.html
02-26-09 | 12:31 AM
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Bikes: '64 Varsity, '69 Varsity, '71 Varsity, '71 Super Sport, '72 Super Sport, PX10 times 4, '72 Paramount, '73 Sports Tourer, '73 Paramount '77 Paramount, two NOS Pros
Looks real to me. Go buy it but beware of the French bits.
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02-26-09 | 08:12 AM
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I want to buy a frame so I can start building up a nice bike to ride around. Came across this on craigslist, she says it's a px10 from the 70's. it has the reynolds tubing sticker and the serial number on the bottom bracket reads 1814685. Can anyone identify what the serial number means in terms of the model? Also the lugs are black. https://sacramento.craigslist.org/bik/1049602215.html
02-26-09 | 08:38 AM
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Yes, with the chrome dropouts, that is probably the real deal. The decals look like early 1970s to me. If you want to build it up as a proper derailleur-geared road bike, as I would, make sure the integral derailleur hanger is in decent shape. Some misguided folks hacked these off either to fall for the fixie fad or because they could not figure out how to hang a Campagnolo or SunTour derailleur on the Simplex dropout.
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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
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Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
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
02-26-09 | 08:45 AM
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They used the Simplex dropouts with the axle guide on the non-drive side well into the seventies. My '74 PA10 has them.
02-26-09 | 11:03 AM
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As I recently learned from Dirtdrop they certainly did. Primarily a feature of pre-70's PX10's the axle guided dropouts did find their way onto some 70's bikes.
02-26-09 | 12:13 PM
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Did you buy it yet? I'm warning you, I'm off today, I'm closer, I love French bikes and it's my birthday.
Lucky for you, I don't love them enough to buy a frame that won't fit me.
Lucky for you, I don't love them enough to buy a frame that won't fit me.
02-26-09 | 09:34 PM
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You, sir, don't deserve a Nervex-lugged half-chromed classic from the '60s or early '70s--not for shamelessly converting a retrograde '80s specimen to a 650B commuter, but because you flouted it on bikeforums and recommended doing it all over again on a classic.
02-27-09 | 06:09 PM
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02-27-09 | 06:11 PM
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02-27-09 | 06:14 PM
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650b conversions are fine when they're tastefully done. I know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
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02-27-09 | 07:05 PM
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I originally was gonna run it fixed gear but when the NuVinci hub came along, I changed my plans. 650B Velocity wheelset, Panaracer Col De La Vie tires, Steco Front Rack, Jandd Expedition Rear Rack, Nitto Albatross handlebar, Shimano Nexus dynamo with headlight and a Brooks B-66 leather saddle. That's what I did to the poor thing. And it rides great! 
02-27-09 | 07:57 PM
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02-27-09 | 08:15 PM
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Honjo hammered fenders are beautiful and the "demi-balloon" look provided by the Hetres is classic. I wouldn't recommend the AVA stem - Sheldon Brown wrote they're junk and now while an Ideale saddle is appropriate for a French bike, Brooks is a good replacement choice. I think that some of the parts you want may be impossible to find - if its a museum-quality restoration you're after!
02-27-09 | 08:57 PM
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Honjo hammered fenders are beautiful and the "demi-balloon" look provided by the Hetres is classic. I wouldn't recommend the AVA stem - Sheldon Brown wrote they're junk and now while an Ideale saddle is appropriate for a French bike, Brooks is a good replacement choice. I think that some of the parts you want may be impossible to find - if its a museum-quality restoration you're after!
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