if I can math the simple font, I might just have "gitane 600" printed in 24 to 32 pt and slap it on the downtube and lieave it at that.

I think I'm building this out as a 5 or 6 speed friction racer. I've got the bars for it, have a sweet fork that will work. I've got some nice enough BBs, and vintage suntour RDs of many types (the V gx I just redid might go on, but there's this really elegant ancient Shimano Tourney GS that might end up on there) but I lack cranks and wheels right now. Teh best I can put together right now is some cassette 700c thing with a Forte hub that needs to be repacked laced to an forte empressa rim, and a fairly generic araya front with a basic hub.. I don't know anything about cassettes at all, though.