A Miyata 215 ST popped up locally for not much. It took a couple days to track the guy down, so I stopped by to take a look. I decided to pass and the price dropped. I hesitated a beat, and he said "I'll throw in another bike", so I said I'd take a look. And out came the Gitane Hostler. I cracked. He saw the weakness. And then he did that Jedi voice thing "And you'll take these other two as well".....
The Miyata and Gitane are both too small for me.
The parts on the Miyata are clean, but kind of surplus to my needs, so that might travel on as a complete bike.
The Gitane has a lot of French Funk going on. I think the crank, Mafac cantilevers and some other bits are going on the 650b Manufrance frame I swapped a bike for a while back.
I don't remember what month is "sthow your purple bike", but if some one wants to get a jump on that.....
