Originally Posted by
stronglight
That bike appears to have 1.) a Vitus frame - but not fork, 2.) Huret dropouts, 3.) Bocama Lugs, 4.) braze-on derailleur cable guides on the BB. These are on the 79 grand touring...
BUT, that year/model also shows braze-on brake cable guides, and also different paint.
My 76 catalog shows the Grand Touring as the only model with Vitus tubing, bocama lugs, Motobecane fork, clamp-on cable brake cable guides... but with generic Motobecane forged dropouts and fork tips and the older pattern paint, and also a different headbadge - on ALL the bikes.
One good indication would be when they may have started using a headtube decal with a simple "M" - the 76 and earlier bikes had the riveted metal oval headbadge.
So, I'd go for one of the 77-78 models.
Thanks for going out of your way to look things up. It does have a rear Huret dropouts, Im too lazy to remove the front wheel and it's counter to check that one (it's 2250 here). It does not have braze-on derailleur cable guides. It's a clamp on. I took a look at the rear derailleur and it reads "Made in France 2676". I guess the derailleur was made in 1976 but who knows if it was a "left over" part that was used to build this bike. Again thanks guys for the time you guys are spending in helping me out with this bike. For all your hard work I'm going to pour myself a Leffe and drink a couple for you guys.
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Last edited by gr23932; 12-11-07 at 03:53 PM.
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