HANDLEBARS:
Cinelli Campione del Mondo - pre 1979 Cino Cinelli era Cinelli Milano "shield" logo / Campione del Mondo "laurel" logo - thin wall aluminum alloy - Clear anodized finish - post 1974 single center band knurling - Campione del Mondo (CdM) profile bar bend - 120 mm wide / 26.4 mm clamp sized sleeved center section - 42 cm C-t-C / 90 mm reach / 156 mm drop - model 66-42 Campione del Mondo : Velox - handlebar tape - 100 percent cotton cloth - braided with reinforced edges - pre-glued adhesive backing - White - model 90 Tressostar : Cinelli - handlebar end plugs - push-on style - flat ends - 24.0 mm - pre 1979 marked "CINELLI - MILANO" - White ... [To the best of my knowledge, every edition of PY-10 bicycle sold to the public at large from 1975 through 1981 inclusive was provisioned having some manner of Philippe Professional handlebars as original equipment - this despite assertions to the contrary found in the 1980 Cycles Peugeot U.S. catalog which specifies the ATAX Philippe Tour de France model that was to become de rigueur on the PRO-10 for 1982 as well as the PY-10 FC as of 1983. Interestingly enough, handlebars were one of the precious few components where retail customers were offered no option of choice whatsoever in component specification when completing the detailed purchase order form for their PY-10 CP. Even the actual width of the handlebars one received was predetermined by Peugeot’s own Prestige shop consistent with whatever they deemed appropriate given other pertinent build details such as frame size and stem length. However, all of this stands in stark contrast to that equipment found on genuine team bikes dating from the same era. From 1972 (...a date which well precedes the May 1974 debut of the PY-10 model within the pro peloton) and continuously thereafter through 1987 (...when Peugeot withdrew their official sponsorship) the Peugeot-BP-Michelin / Peugeot-Esso-Michelin / Peugeot-Shell-Michelin teams universally employed a decidedly non-French combination of Cinelli branded handlebars and stem, the specifics of which were to a great extent subject to a rider’s individual preference. With regard to the 1977 season in particular, whereas Bernard Thevenet choose to use the model 64 Giro d’Italia bend, the Cinelli model 66 version of the Campione del Mondo profile as fitted to this bike was not only more popular with his teammates, but it was also by far and away the most common handlebar to be found in the peloton at that time.]
