Having finished tinkering with my Frejus, I still had the bug so did some work on this Gitane Tour de France. I acquired this bike about 25 years ago from the original owner.
I still have the original Pivo stem and bars but decided to make this my "casual" rider so installed a Nitto stem and, yes, that's an "inverted" mustache bar. The bike passes the 5 foot test , even the 3 foot test pretty well, but I had to do a bit of touch up which still needs a bit of attention. Matching the color was an exercise in frustration but I got it pretty close. Head badge and "professional Tour de France" little silver foil stickers were the only ones still extant on the bike so I replaced the rest with some of Cyclomondo's replicas. Reynolds decals are original and the main one is suffering some. I decided, perhaps foolishly, to ditch the rims that came with the bike, a pair of way too heavy chrome Rigidas, but wanted to keep the hubs so built my first set of wheels ever, using Sun M-13 II rims and DT straight 14 spokes. Saddle that came with the bike was a plastic piece-O-junk so I got rid of it after I bought the bike. Thought the purple, black and British Racing Green might make a nice combo. Finding the correct color bar tape was a challenge, too. I found that GreenGrips' dark green is the only cloth tape I've found that was dark enough for the purpose of trying to match the brooks saddle. Pasela TG 1 1/8 tires. It's a nice rider.