Update on the Browning from Belgium & Gitane Olympic Record
12-14-06 | 10:15 PM
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Update on the Browning Road Bike from Belgium & Gitane Olympic Record
Well, I dont know what to say. I've got to stop bringing junk home. I'm in the doghouse big-time right now...
The little woman is VERY unhappy with me...
I went back to that guy's house with the intention of only grabbing the Browning but, I couldn't resist this old POS Gitane Olympic Record II...
The Browning is very, very rough but, I think it will convert to a nice cruiser or foul weather ride.... Pivo stem, Mafac Racer's, etc...1973ish??
Too bad the original Ideale saddle is shot
There are some very, very strange parts w/ Belgian names and writing on them. Also a social security number (I think)
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...scamera077.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...scamera075.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...scamera076.jpg
The Gitane is a 1976 and I hear these were made in Japan??:
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4.../gitane001.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...amera074-1.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4.../gitane002.jpg
And finally, I dont understand why this guy hoarded and neglected so many once-great bikes. Here is what I saw in the pile, beneath all of the cylinder heads that the fool threw on top:
Everything from a few would-have-been-nice Schwinns, a VERY interesting looking Urago, lower-end Raleigh's from the 60's, a Robin Hood women's model frame with all of the parts picked off it, a J.C. Higgins w/ very fancy crankset w/ a crowbar bending it all up, Motobecanes w/ bent forks: Grand Jubilee, Grand Touring, 2 could-have-been beautiful Schwinn Le Tours that he piled garbage on, I dont understand people like this...
He asked if I'd like to purchase the whole pile....
The little woman is VERY unhappy with me...
I went back to that guy's house with the intention of only grabbing the Browning but, I couldn't resist this old POS Gitane Olympic Record II...
The Browning is very, very rough but, I think it will convert to a nice cruiser or foul weather ride.... Pivo stem, Mafac Racer's, etc...1973ish??
Too bad the original Ideale saddle is shot
There are some very, very strange parts w/ Belgian names and writing on them. Also a social security number (I think)
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...scamera077.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...scamera075.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...scamera076.jpg
The Gitane is a 1976 and I hear these were made in Japan??:
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4.../gitane001.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4...amera074-1.jpg
https://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l4.../gitane002.jpg
And finally, I dont understand why this guy hoarded and neglected so many once-great bikes. Here is what I saw in the pile, beneath all of the cylinder heads that the fool threw on top:
Everything from a few would-have-been-nice Schwinns, a VERY interesting looking Urago, lower-end Raleigh's from the 60's, a Robin Hood women's model frame with all of the parts picked off it, a J.C. Higgins w/ very fancy crankset w/ a crowbar bending it all up, Motobecanes w/ bent forks: Grand Jubilee, Grand Touring, 2 could-have-been beautiful Schwinn Le Tours that he piled garbage on, I dont understand people like this...
He asked if I'd like to purchase the whole pile....
Last edited by bigwoo; 12-14-06 at 11:10 PM.
12-14-06 | 10:29 PM
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Hey, if you want to part with that nasty Ideale saddle, I would like to throw it on one of my non-riders just to give it a seat. Always wanted an Ideale, even a cracked one (Why do I like old castaway junk? I need therapy!).
PM me.
I like that Browning!
PM me.
I like that Browning!
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12-15-06 | 09:31 AM
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From: Belgium
Bikes: ca.1975 Gitane Interclub - 90's Colnago Master Competition- ca.'84 Merckx Corsa - '77 Groene Leeuw - ca. '78 Guerciotti - ca.1984 L'Express - 1974 Gitane 'Super Olympic' - Peugeot 1981 PXN10 - 1975 Peugeot PR10 -1974 Norta -1974 Peugeot PX10 LE
Oh man, imagine that Browning all fixed up and clean!
12-15-06 | 10:19 PM
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Wish it wasn't too dark right now to take pictures of the Olympic Record II that I was recently given. It has upright bars and the brakes are really weird. Anyone ever heard of Scott Super brakes? But they do have finned Matthauser pads!
I'll have to post pics when I get back home on Monday.
I'll have to post pics when I get back home on Monday.
10-07-08 | 12:54 PM
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Browning
i bought a browning just like yours on sunday. do you have any idea what kind of tool i need to take off the headset? or the bottom braket? strange bike. frame seems pretty nice though. any info you have on brownings would be appreciated. The internet hasnt provided me with much thus far.
>Jake
>Jake
10-07-08 | 02:42 PM
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Wish it wasn't too dark right now to take pictures of the Olympic Record II that I was recently given. It has upright bars and the brakes are really weird. Anyone ever heard of Scott Super brakes? But they do have finned Matthauser pads!
I'll have to post pics when I get back home on Monday.
I'll have to post pics when I get back home on Monday.
10-07-08 | 03:50 PM
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HI ..
those mafac brakes are so nice , you will love those !
I had a set of Mafac competition brakes once . best brake i have had so far !
Cheers
T
those mafac brakes are so nice , you will love those !
I had a set of Mafac competition brakes once . best brake i have had so far !
Cheers
T
10-07-08 | 04:02 PM
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Attention!!! Attention !!! Thread resurrection. Respond to post #5
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10-07-08 | 10:39 PM
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Scott/Matthauser?
Had a set of those brakes on our custom Colin Laing tandem. The best brakes in its day (1980s) and as good as anything out there now, with the Matthauser (finned) pads.
Rear brake pads on that tandem lasted for 50,000 miles! And we do ride in rather hilly terrain in Arizona.
Got $20 for just a pair of Matthauser pads at recent swapmeet.
Had a set of those brakes on our custom Colin Laing tandem. The best brakes in its day (1980s) and as good as anything out there now, with the Matthauser (finned) pads.
Rear brake pads on that tandem lasted for 50,000 miles! And we do ride in rather hilly terrain in Arizona.
Got $20 for just a pair of Matthauser pads at recent swapmeet.
10-08-08 | 08:16 AM
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i bought a browning just like yours on sunday. do you have any idea what kind of tool i need to take off the headset? or the bottom braket? strange bike. frame seems pretty nice though. any info you have on brownings would be appreciated. The internet hasnt provided me with much thus far.
>Jake
>Jake
No idea about the BB.
