1977 Gitane Olympic Record II

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1977 gitane olympic record II by (cobrabyte), on Flickr

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1977 Gitane Olympic Record II by (cobrabyte), on Flickr

The "show your red bar tape" thread inspired me to finally fix up the old Gitane I had hanging in the garage over the weekend. I had a bunch of spare parts left over from past projects I was able to put to use.

Cleaned and re-packed headset, BB, hubs and used Simple Green to clean the frame which worked great.
upgraded parts new to the bike include:
Wrights leather saddle
MKS quill pedals
Suntour Vx-GT front and rear derailleurs
SR stem
Dia-Compe brake levers, calipers, and top tube cable clips
Specialized Armadillo tires
The frame pump and h-bar bag I will "borrow" from my Lotus when I ride this bike.

New parts i had to end up buying:
brake cables & housing
new chain
Tressotar cloth bar wrap
inner tubes