See this TDF, ours was better than this one... see the rubber on the shift levers and the metal body of the brake levers? Ours had better components and was blue, but a darker blue, same font on the decal but not quite the same. The neck on ours was different/better, as was the seat. I kind of remember that the front brake was a center pull because it was easy to get disengage the front brakes and get the front wheel off, am I wrong about that? Did Gitanes have front center pull brakes? It was a long time ago so I could be wrong about everything, this is just what I remember... I have to get a new slide scanner to get the better photos I have of it.