Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
As others said, French bikes are a large pain in the patootie. Depending on its age, very few to none of the parts are compatible with current standards.
Unless you have all of the original parts, they are in good condition, and you want to put together an all-original French bike... toss it. It's not worth the time and effort to even put it back together.
I think that if there is a will, there is a way. Despite your colorful warning, I'm going to keep trying to get this bike up.
Facing 1000 problems with this bike will only be a learning experience that I can't really get any other way.
I've built computers and things like when I was younger with very basic knowledge about how the hardware worked, and I realize now that if I didn't go through that crazy struggle, I wouldn't know half about computers than I do today.
it's true that I don't have the knowledge to build this bike by my self right now, but that's why I'm on these forums / going to bike shops etc.
I've already spent hours on this bike (perfecting the paint job etc) and researching things about it... there has to be correct parts out there.
Plus, it looks sooo. good.