The highest grade road-racing bicycle PX10-DU.J was composed of VITUS 979 duralumin frame and the highest grade French parts of those days.
However, the brake was Weinmann Calera 400 (it must have been OEM version of Yoshigai New Gran-compe 400), and the saddle was SanMarco Concor.
The catalog was saying "The astounding weight 8.6 kg".
However, UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) defined a minimum weight as 6.8 kg recently.
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The catchphrase such as "Team Peugeot won the overall victory at the 1981 Tour de France" or "the world's first duralumin frame of the mass-production bicycle maker" was similar to the catchphrase of catalog of car maker.
In the 80s, Japanese car maker often used the catchphrase such as "The first equipment in the world" or "Won victory at the race".
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