1980 Peugeot CFX-10 " Super Competition "

Personal Story: In 1980, I flew back to southern France to spend a summer with my Grandparents who lived in a little town called Pignan. For my 13th birthday, my grand father (Jean Rouyer) drove me to visit my great-grandparents who lived in Marseilles. The following morning he mentioned that he had a surprise for me as we rode on a trolley into the heart of Marseilles where a small bicycle shop resided. The previous year in Oregon, I spent an entire summer working/saving for enough money to purchase a blue PKN10 competition, only to have it stolen the minute after I arrived home, ran inside to tell everyone what I just purchased, only to return to the front door to see it gone. So when my grandfather asked me which bicycle I wanted in that little French bike shop, I gingerly pointed to a beautiful white Peugeot frame hanging on the wall, thinking that he would say no since it looked too special/expensive for a 13yr old boy. To this day, it was the memory of my grandfather's graciousness and love for offering this gift to me that makes me tear up every time I look upon it. The bicycle is just another bicycle, but it represents a grandfather who's not just another grandfather, as he gave his heart in the form of a gift as the means of showing his love for a grandson. Now I have the privilege to pass this story along (in addition to the bicycle) to one of my loved ones. This CFX-10 was beautifully restored by Ed Litton cycles.

Lenny