ryansu

That is a lovely Peugeot @oddjob2 The closest I have ever been to that rarefied french air was a 1980 Peugeot UO-10 (Course) which I bought for me but ended up restoring and selling.

jj1091

Nice PX-10. Nothing I know of for the rattling lever. My left lever rattles quite a bit. I tried some thin shims for the side-to-side movement, but it still has up-and-down movement, apparently the hole is enlarged where the pin goes through, and tightening the adjuster doesn't help. Since I ride on the hoods, I just keep one finger on the lever all the time. I suppose you could just find a replacement lever cheaply enough.

merziac

Tweak the shim like a wave washer for some tension and/or add a shim made of milk jug or plastic pop bottle.

Classtime 

I recently eliminated a lever rattle on my PX-10. I hit it with a hammer. Not kidding. An internet history expert (can't remember who) was pointing out how advanced the Mafac levers were because you could remove them from your bars with little trouble and smack em with a hammer to eliminate the rattle. I was about to find the thread I started wrt my rattle to update and your query appeared. There is no need to disturb your new tape.

top506

I can't believe I never posted the finished PX-10 here:





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omgar

That frame looks great for its age. Should build up nicely!

obrentharris 

Mine's a little different.

As found:



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noglider 

@hazetguy, I'm envious!

It's my size, and I think that's the version (that doesn't have Nervex lugs) with the steep frame angles. I think the head angle may be as high as 76º, and yet it rides well.

noglider 

Oh and look on French ebay for cranksets. Some prices are pretty low. I think the word for crankset is pedalier. The word for vintage is ancien.

vintagerando

@top506
That's the kind of smile that represents what bikes and cycling mean to me.

top506

Mine started as a frame and folk project as well. Have fun with it; I sure did.

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Salamandrine 

My first impression is that it's a '72. Plain lugs and the earlier slacker geometry. I can't really tell from that photo though. There's too much perspective distortion. There are protractor apps available for smartphones if you don't have a physical protractor. Geometry went from 72º parallel to something like 74/75 or something around this time.

1972 is one of the more common years. Bike boom and all. In '73 they went back to Nervex fancy lugs, but with the aforementioned steep angles. I think there were some '73's with plain lugs too. With Peugeot there are always exceptions. Plus I'm far from an expert in Peugeot, but I have owned two PX10s.

Sort of. But hey, Eddy Merckx snuck campy parts onto his PX10, right under the nose of Peugeot, so it must be OK. It's a bit before my time but I believe this was pretty common BITD. Campy parts would have been an expensive upgrade. Eddy ran a Cinelli bar and stem, and campy hubs, IIRC.

Mace350

Mines a little different too...

Wildwood 

I miss the THREAD STARTER !!!!

Is @auchencrow OK?

jj1091

It would be a 1972 model. The 1974 version had the Reynolds 531 decal moved from the seat-tube to the down-tube.

greg3rd48 

7Shifty

My $380 I think Peugeot PX10!
https://imgur.com/gallery/D2FRFFq

Phil_gretz

Repaint and home built wheels. Rides excellently, for what it's
worth...

Slightspeed

This is not my bike, but belongs to a friend who often rides on the Pasadena Retro Velo Vintage ride. After lusting after it for a couple of years, I located a gold PR10 for myself on local CL.

Cvalentine

I just bought a bike identical to the one pictured. I was led to believe it was a 75 Px10. Measured the seat post as 26.4 mm in diameter. Is that a solid way to identify the px 10?

Cvalentine

Whoops wrong picture.

kohl57

Here is my 1969 Peugeot PX-10. And yes, it's her 50th birthday this year, too!

More pix and details here

ipernity: 1969 Peugeot PX-10 by Peter Kohler

Peter Kohler
Washington, DC USA

mrcurly

That would be a good indicator you have the higher end frame, since the standard tubing on the garden variety Peugeots of that vintage had the 24mm seat post.
I have three varieties, a slightly later model PY10 ~78, a PRN10 and DR10 circa 76/77, and also a much earlier model P(L)X10. Both the 531 framed bikes have the 26.4 seat post, while my PRN and DR10 (probably the same as a UO8) are 24mm.
Whether its a PX10, or one of the variants, is a little more complex - there are numerous threads on this and info in this thread. The steering angle should be a little steeper than the more relaxed PRN models, giving it a little sharper steering, there should not be any welded on pump retainer or shifter bolt, there would only be a brazed on cable retainer on the rear chainstay, with the remainder of the frame usually clean. The front forks should not have a centre tine at the top of each fork leg (at least on post 1964 models), the earlier models had them. Even having chromed rear stays is not the definitive answer as my PY10 doesnt have that, though I see a PY10 frame currently on ebay that does have the chromed stays..
The serial numbers are a dark art to decipher, the nervex lug type being plain or fancy ditto. The dating can be approximated by looking at the type of transfers and head badge that were used, though that can also be misleading with the possibility of resprays, and there are plenty of label kits (including inoxyable...) available to further confuse the issue! e.g my 59/60 PX10 was listed with 1980 something transfers and an obvious respray.
Having written all this i expect somebody will shoot it down with "I have a 19xx model with brazed on this or that" lol...

Regardless of exactly which model, if your bike has a 531 frame with chromed rear stays I wouldn't worry about it. If it has higher end (SLJ Simplex or other) derailleurs, Stronglight cranks, a decent P3 or V4 headset then you have landed a nice bit of kit! If it doesn't, it may still be a PX10, just may have been downgraded to whatever components were available.

BTW - Having recently visited the Peugeot 'experience' museum in France, I should add that even Peugeot appear to have difficulty with the exact identification of their own 1960-1980 display bikes. There were some seriously questionable descriptions on a particularly poorly presented selection of bikes, for instance I have not seen low end plastic downtube changers on something purported to be a PX10.

Cvalentine

😀 three seems unfair

bikemig 

This is a new to me 1982 Peugeot PXN 10. It's original other than the saddle, seatpost, pedals, and FD and shifters (both are super LJ but the FD has a Gipiemme logo). I had to replace the rear derailleur but I found a simplex SX 410 on eBay which I overpaid for, . And once I pulled the old derailleur I found out that the simplex drop out is threaded with a stop so I could have just run a campy RD and called it a day. I should have remembered that since this generation of PXN 10 also came in a full campy version. The pedals (MKS) aren't staying but I'm using the bike as a commuter right now so these pedals work. I may make the bike more "eroica" friendly by installing lower gearing. I think the hub is English threaded so that will help and the RD supposedly can handle up to 30 teeth according to velobase but I'm a bit skeptical. Or I could install a stronglight 99 and run smaller rings up front. Oh and I did have TA water bottle cage in my parts bin that I was saving for the right Pug to come along.