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Should be an ideal bike for your GF to tour on.

The main tubes are Vitus 172 which is similar to Reynolds 531. The rest of the tubing is standard steel that Motobecane used on many on their models.

The distance from the seat tube to the bars which would be the top tube length is usually a little longer on most mixte frames that on standard diamond frames.

The seat looks like it's adjusted all the way to the rear. It can probably be moved at least 50mm forward.

You mentioned that you are going to overhaul the bike which to me means repacking all of the bearings, replacing the cables and cable housing plus the brake pads. The bottom bracket and headset may be metric. Occasionally Motobecane bottom brackets have Swiss metric threads. You live in a metric county so I don't see any problem....

The Stronglight 99 triple cranks should give a good range of gears. Check the width of the rear hub. If it's 120mm wide then you may be limited to a 5 speed or a narrow 6 speed freewheel. A 126mm wide hub with take a narrow or standard 6 speed freewheel or a narrow 7 speed freewheel. Some 7 speed freewheels require a wide rear axle plus they don't always shift as well as a 6 speed. A 28T or 30T with the inner chain ring should give her low enough gears for climbing. You can also get 28T & 30T 86mm BCD chainrings from both Stronglight and SR Sakae Ringo.

If you are planing on rebuilding the wheels I'd recommend using stainless steel spokes. If the rims are Super Champion Gentleman models they're fairly decent. If they are Rigida, I'd replace them. There are some better quality rims available today. If the hubs are better quality then they should be good too.

The tires appear to be low quality. I recommend 700x32c which may be the largest that will fit inside the fenders.

The steel front rack should be adequate.

The most important thing for your GF is to find a comfortable saddle.

Good luck...


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