A publicity card from 1975 showing Peugeot-BP-Michelin team rider Jean-Luc Molineris. And while this publicity card officially dates from 1975, in fact, the details of the Peugeot PY-10 bicycle seen here are consistent with specifications used from May of 1974 through only the earliest months of calendar year 1975. The all new PY-10 model had made its public debut at the Grand Prix du Midi-Libri held in May of 1974. Although it retained a chrome finish along its rear stays and lower front fork in common with its predecessor the venerable PX-10, the earliest of these new bikes were painted in a hue of metallic silver and typically equipped with a full complement of distinctively colored components including a gold anodized Simplex SLJ AV 326 front derailleur, a gold anodized Simplex SLJ AR 615 rear derailleur, gold anodized Simplex SLJ retro-friction shifters, and gold anodized MAFAC Competition calipers with wheel guides. Of particular note in this photograph is one distinct difference with respect to equipment normally found on Peugeot-BP-Michelin team bikes from this era. Specifically, Molineris can be seen here having paired Universal model 61 levers having full gum hoods with his MAFAC center-pull brake calipers - a preference and practice he had in common with teammate Regis Ovion.
