World's Most Famous Bicycles: 1970s Peugeot PX-10 Road Bike

A love letter to the French bike legions of us around the globe desperately longed for, but couldn't afford when we were kids just getting into cycling, Peugeot's PX-10. If you're looking to buy one or trying to build one up, here are the components and details on these beauties to help you get your PX-10 back on the road. #JimLangley #BicycleAficionado #Peugeot

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Two 1970s dream bikes, Peugeot & Gitane
0:22 - Wonderful riding French 10-speeds
0:49 - My circa 1973/74 original condition Peugeot PX-10
1:16 - Normandy Competition hubs and Mavic Montlery tubular rims
1:27 - Nervex Professional lugs
1:39 - Reynolds 531 double-butted tubing frame
1:52 - Ideale 90 leather saddle
2:12 - Mafac Racer centerpull brakes
2:23 - Tornado aluminum pump with tres colours grips
2:34 - Peugeot's famous checkerboard and lion motif decals
2:45 - Simplex clamp-on down-tube shifters
2:55 - Stronglight 93 crankset
3:06 - Simplex Criterium delrin derailleurs
3:21 - Simplex forged frame dropouts
3:32 - Atom 14-21 5-speed freewheel
3:48 - Mafac brake levers with half hoods
3:59 - Velox rubber handlebar plugs
4:26 - Simplex Super SLJ steel micro-adjust seatpost
4:37 - Simplex quick release
5:10 - Lyotard aluminum quill pedals with Christophe clips & straps
5:31 - Peugeot PX-10 serial number location
5:55 - Peugeot wood fork steerer reinforcement plug insert
6:06 - Simplex forged front dropouts
6:17 - Close-ups

A great source for information on vintage Peugeots is Classic Rendezvous http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Fran...

The music in this video is called At the Game by Max McFerren.

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