My Gitane doesn't have that (honeycomb drop outs) unfortunately. They are beautiful! I have yet another question, My bike doesn't have fender eyelets. From all the pictures I have found all interclub models have them. The spec and the pic of the Nation 1849 bike from the -78 catalogue (from the gitane usa site) seem very similar to my bike. I am not sure what that model would translate to in english, Interclub?