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07-16-17 | 10:59 AM

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From: PAZ

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Originally Posted by CliffordK

Ahhh.. FOUND IT!!!!

The key was looking up "Huret honeycomb dropouts"

gitaneusa.com :: View topic - Huret honeycomb dropouts

"There's an attachment that fit on the back for the chain to hook over when the rear wheel was removed on the Gitane Traveler or Get-Away folding bikes."

So, looking up, Gitane Traveler, what does one find, but this gem

Bikeville thoughts: For Sale- Gitane Traveler bike with bag, NOS

And more notes here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...-traveler.html

I presume the super-short wheelbase was designed to make the bike easier to pack

Perhaps there was a special dimension that Gitane wanted to achieve.

Thanks tons! I was looking online for "Gitane Super Corsa 1974" and variations of that but couldn't find a thing. You have some mad internet-ing skills, my man

Mystery is solved, and that means I'll not have to go look at it now. Which is a good thing, because why waste gas to look at something I was never gonna buy anyway? I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity.

I'm going to let the guy know what he has. Maybe someone is looking for one but isn't noting his ad because of the inaccurate title.

DD

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