Is this a PY10?!?!?!?!?!
 

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Of course it is. And I so happen to be the very happy new owner of it. I traded some of my spare bits for it - many thanks to Thomas & Nick at Keirin Cycles for making the trade happen.

It is a very early '79 (built '78), if I recall correctly. Jim ID'ed it in the Valuations thread a few months ago.

The wheels in the photos are Super Champion Gentleman clinchers - a second set of unmarked, gold, tubular rims with Campagnolo Record low-flange hubs were also included in the deal.

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_1.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_2.jpg

The only significant blemish is a horrid 2" scratch on the seattube, above the FD. As it happens to be in a decaled location, I believe I just might be able to touch up (and polish to smooth out the finish) this section, and apply a reproduction decal over the repair:

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_3.jpg

Arguably the most stunning bit of the whole bike - the rocket-ship seatstay caps:

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_4.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_5.jpg

Simplex SLJ RD.

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_6.jpg

Early Simplex Retrofriction levers (prior to the cutouts). Gold anodized, as with everything else.

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_7.jpg

The original, gold Simplex FD had a cracked band - shop replaced it with a Suntour. Nick from the shop says he'll bring the original by soon:

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_8.jpg

http://www.jaysmarine.com/peugeot_PY10_9.jpg

-Kurt

simply put, wow!

ive looked over the pictures three times now, and each time i notice another detail

very beautiful congrats! I love those brakes and the crankset

The shifters are really cool. Nice bike!

Incredible. You have made all the PX10 owners jealous.

PS - is that an OEM Stronglight drillium crank?

I'm pretty sure it is. Nothing except for the Suntour FD and bar tape has been swapped out, to my knowledge.

-Kurt

Mavic oro rims? or too early for that?

VERY nice, indeed!

These are Super Champion Gentleman clinchers. The tubulars might be Mavic, but I'll have to post them here for a positive ID.

-Kurt

Simply outstanding!

When I saw the thread title (I didn't immediately look at the posters name), I thought; not another Is this UO8 a PY10/PX10 thread.

Cudak, don't you already have enough nice bikes?

105bis

uh-oh...Kurt has been bitten by the French bug. :)

Nice snag.

...and here I was, believing that it was a 93, as usual - should have noted the tapered arms.

If it rides as good as the PSV-10, I'll be quite happy (happier, for it'll shift right, as opposed to the STI Shimano 600 crap). Even with the clinchers, it is light as a feather - I wonder what they spec'ed for tube thickness.

-Kurt

Holy spit, Kurt. It looks a lot like my 1979 PXN-10LE (?) I bought new and was stolen within months.

Was the PY-10 even fancier? I notice it has extralegère (extra light) tubing, and mine didn't.

How does it ride? I'd love to know!

Jim Langley puts the PY-10 into perspective better then I can (http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/py10.html):
There's also a discussion about PY-10s here: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ighlight=PY-10

I don't know how it'll ride, but it feels as light as a track bike as it is now, with clinchers on it. Haven't weighed it.

-Kurt

+1 on the stunning.

Those must have been some "bits" you traded.

Nice! Love the lugwork, paint, fork crown, and especially that French Reynolds sticker.

From a distance it looks like my 1980 PXN-10e (or whatever the heck it's designation) Super Competition.... until you look at all of the unique parts. Yes, that is a very fine bicycle. I am sure you are very pleased... unless it doesn't fit you, and then you would simply feel compelled to trade it for some spare bits I might have...

Where is the head badge? You know without it the aerodynamics will be way off.

A bike like that demands that you post many, many more detailed photos of every square inch so that we can cement our combined jealousy into a painful appreciation of you, seen against the dullness of our own bike collecting lives.

Simply beautiful. Congrat, Kurt. The 531P should be the same thickness as the 753R. Probably weight about the same. Is the tubing metric or standard? Want to know how it ride.

Hey - that would make a great fixie!
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ms/grinder.jpg

Looks like it. It's a stunning, and beautiful bike.

Good work!

I need a new set of pants after looking at it...

Gorgeous in every respect! Love that color/decal scheme, same as my UE-18 :thumb:.

The gold parts look very nice with the light blue paint.

If you are not stuck on originality, put a Shimano DA or 600 freewheel on it. It will shift even nicer.