UncleFester
Look Ma, No Hands!
Finally finished my completely orig. 1959/60 Peugeot PHX10. Got it back on the road, cleaned and overhauled. 100% as found, missing the left crank dust cap. This 62 year old bike rides like a dream. The Simplex Juy 60 Record rear derailleur shifts smooth! A very nimble and responsive ride! I also have the full history of the bike from the second owner who I acquired it from.
This bike has some significant Team upgrades. Notably the custom Italian pump configuration, getting it away from the shifters, also the hand braised and filed Philippe chromo stem. The TA Specialites Chain rings are an upgrade. The pump mod required the removal of the braised on upper peg and filing off the right angle on the bottom peg to fix the pump vertically, with the Campagnola pump mount. To cover the scar from sawing off the top pump peg, the owner covered it with a water transfer decal of grass skirted Pygamy with a 500 hundred pound bomb.
He was a WW2 veteran who lost his 150mm Howitzer squad in a brutal attack by the Nazi Waffen SS ground troops in the Battle of the Bulge, in the Ardennes. Alone, he single handedly maintained Howitzer fire through the night until 8th and 9th Army Air Support drove the Germans back. The Pygmy with the bomb was nose art on a B-17 from the US 8th Air Support, who saved the life of this bikes former owner. This is the story I was told about the bike by the seller.
Posted it in the classified F/S thread.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195930371@N07/albums/72177720300105102/with/52174871814/
This bike has some significant Team upgrades. Notably the custom Italian pump configuration, getting it away from the shifters, also the hand braised and filed Philippe chromo stem. The TA Specialites Chain rings are an upgrade. The pump mod required the removal of the braised on upper peg and filing off the right angle on the bottom peg to fix the pump vertically, with the Campagnola pump mount. To cover the scar from sawing off the top pump peg, the owner covered it with a water transfer decal of grass skirted Pygamy with a 500 hundred pound bomb.
He was a WW2 veteran who lost his 150mm Howitzer squad in a brutal attack by the Nazi Waffen SS ground troops in the Battle of the Bulge, in the Ardennes. Alone, he single handedly maintained Howitzer fire through the night until 8th and 9th Army Air Support drove the Germans back. The Pygmy with the bomb was nose art on a B-17 from the US 8th Air Support, who saved the life of this bikes former owner. This is the story I was told about the bike by the seller.
Posted it in the classified F/S thread.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/195930371@N07/albums/72177720300105102/with/52174871814/
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