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| |[[OTB]] ||"Only The Best" war die private Bezeichnung von Charlie Hamburgers aus Frankreich in die USA importiertn Fahrräder. Mehr dazu im Artikel zu OTB. | | |[[OTB]] ||"Only The Best" war die private Bezeichnung von Charlie Hamburgers aus Frankreich in die USA importiertn Fahrräder. Mehr dazu im Artikel zu OTB. |
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| |Peugeot ||The Goliath of the French bicycle industry. Maker of automobiles, bicycles and pepper grinders. | | |[[Peugeot]] ([http://www.cycleurope.com/ Website für Peugeot Fahrräder]) ||Peugeot ist der Golith der französischen Fahrradindustrie. Sie stellen Automobile, Fahrräder und Pfeffermühlen her. Mehr findet man im eigenen Artikel zu Peugeot. |
| In the '70's bike boom, the $87.50 UO-8 was the hot model for the hoi polloi: carbon steel frame, steel rims & handlebars, Mafac brakes, Normandy large flange quick-release hubs, Simplex Prestige derailers. The UO-8 (and the mixte version UO-18) had the lowest gearing of stock bikes at that time, thanks to the 52/36 chainwheel set.
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| Contemporary with the UO-8/UO-18 were the UE-8 and the mixte UE-18. These were set up as touring bikes, with full fenders, brazed-on rear rack, generator lighting system with brazed-on mount. Unaccountably, this model, which was made of the same materials as the UO-8 and shared most components, had close-ratio gearing, making it much less useful than it could have been.
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| The deluxe bike-boom Peugeot was the PX-10, all Reynolds 531, Nervex lugs, Mavic tubular rims, Normandy Luxe Competition hubs, Brooks Professional saddle, Stronglight 93 cotterless cranks. [This model was fine for racing but notorious for speed wobble if carrying a load on a rear rack -- John Allen]
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| The top-of-the-line model was the PY-10. Here's a reminiscence from Lyle Rooff:
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| I sold a couple of those when I owned a bike store in the late 1970's and early 80's. It was quite different from any other model, having not only an all-531DB frame and fork, but included gold-anodized Mafac brakes and a few other components not found on production bikes. Getting them into the shop was a different experience, as well. It came fully assembled in a box resembling a piano crate, requiring only that we turn the handlebars straight and inflate the tires for it to be ready to ride. They were, in all respects, identical to the bikes used by the factory team.
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| See also:
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| RetroPeugeot.com
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| Jim Ruggieri's Cycles Peugeot Site
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| The PX-10 Database
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| John Everett's PX-10 page
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| Collection of Dutch Peugeot catalogues
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| |St. Étienne ||Eine Mittelklassemarke. Die Stadt St. Ètienne war viele Jahre lang, das Episzentrum der französischen Fahrradindistrie. | | |St. Étienne ||Eine Mittelklassemarke. Die Stadt St. Ètienne war viele Jahre lang, das Episzentrum der französischen Fahrradindistrie. |
