Originally Posted by
Mos6502
You know what, your description made me think of the low end Gitanes. So I did a search - and low and behold - they ARE low end Gitanes.
So if you can live without the headbadge and the flat paint - pick up an old Gitane. I had one with the simplex compenents, steel everything etc. It was actually not that bad to ride - but it looked pretty chintzy.
That cracked me up: 35 years after selling them damned bikes, and I find something out that I never knew about them. Now, Gitane in Erie was handled by John Adams Cycles (nephew to my employer), and that shop never carried the cheap Gitanes with the painted fork. The chromed legs fork model was the lowest offered.
Now I know why.
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