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Old 02-07-14, 06:45 PM
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ricklp
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada
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Bikes: 2007 KHS Flite Team, 2011 Felt TT Bike, 2010 Kona Jake, 1983 Le Croco with Dura Ace 7800, 1980 Custom Tandem with Tiagra triple 9 Speed, 2 1970's CCM monoshock suspension bikes, 1984 Norco 24" Unicycle

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Well this one ought to get me strung up around here, but is a bike given to me by a cousin almost 30 years ago. I thought it was a Peugeot, but the original cable guides match Gitane much closer. It was supposed to fit me better than the Italian bike I had at the time. I tried to love it but it just did not work for me. BUT, it ended up moving with me many times and I still have it. This year, I completely rebuilt it, added canti mounts, bottle bracket bolts, cable mounts, and braze on shifter mounts. Set it up with 700c wheels and cross tires. I installed a complete Huret drive train. As I was puttering with it a close friend wanted it as a gift for his son, so I finally sold it, but the son did not like it and I have it back again.



My other Gitane is definitely one, it is also pretty low end. I have an 80's Victoire Setup as my trainer bike. With a Wahoo Kickr and dual monitor video display. It has modernish 10 speed 105 components. The color is more accurate in the second picture, the flash washed out the color, but the picture is crisper in the first shot.

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