Ah yes, it can make your day having these nice Gitanes line up at breakfast, pls keep them coming! But honestly, I didn't think of that when I posted this French ad, being truly amazed by the inventiveness of the seller (equal doses of inventiveness and awkwardness really). And since the "oldies with new gearing systems" thread has no opposite.... The seller claims in his ad that pedaling backwards gives him more strength on climbs! Also funny is that he estimates his 'unique' bicycle to be worth a lot of money. He should have tried it on another bike tough.

@toytech Mustard, hadn't seen that before, turns out to be a great colour for a bike
@ Rootboy Best of both worlds, Mafacs with Campy levers! Elegant design combined with effectiveness (at least I suppose those levers are effictive).