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SwimmerMike
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Bikes: 1981 Bianchi Specialissima, 1971 Bob Jackson. 2012 Kestrel 4000. 2012 Willier. 2016 Fuji Cross 1.1, 1950 Hetchins, 194X James Fothergill, 1971 Paramount P15, 1973 Paramount P12, 1963 Legnano (x2), 1951 Hetchins, 2024 Canyon Endurace

FS: 1972/3 Gitane Gran Tourisme Frame (57 ctt) w/some parts

$200 - Prefer local sale (SF Bay Area), but can also ship. Buyer pays actual shipping costs.

Based on all the information on the Forum, I'm pretty sure the date is a '72, but potentially a '73. 57 CTT Seat Tube and ~57 CTC Top Tube. It has all the signatures of the Gran Tourisme: Generator mount on fork, 531 tubes, small braze-ons on the underside of the down tube for the wires for the lights, rack mounts, and campy bits.

I picked up this Grand Tourisme (not knowing what I had found) this summer. I knew it was on the small size for me, it had a weird build, but I was hoping I could get it to work for me. After 5-6 months I decided that I'd rather have a different bike, and I have a rule of 1 in 1 out (I know that a lot of you subscribe to the N+1 philosophy, but we have 14 bikes in the Garage, so I had to put a limit on it).

See pictures for details but what we have is:

Frame: Paint has a lot of Patina, I debated a repaint, but I didn't want to paint it until I was sure it was staying.
Campy Headset (has some indexing, doesn't seem too bad, but I haven't taken it apart)
Campy Bottom bracket cups (French, no spindle, bearings)
Campy Front Derailleur
Suntour Rear Derailleur
Campy seatpost
Mavac Racer Brakes calipers (new pads)
Some assorted cable clamps
Chain (~100-200 miles)
Velocals stickers (I was going to re-paint or re-decal, so I bought some decals. I figure I should leave that option to the new owner)

I also have some 27x 1 1/4 wheels (Campy high flange French threaded hubs, off brand skewers, hookless Wienmann rims (with Mavic stickers (it was spec'd as Mavic, I assume the factory ran out Mavic wheels)) with almost brand new Gatorskins and a NOS French threaded Regina freewheel (threaded on, but never used) that I can also sell to further the build.
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