gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane » Pics of repainted 1975/6 Racing Team    View previous topic :: View next topic  Pics of repainted 1975/6 Racing Team   Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:28 pm STW Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 20 Had a first ride on the repainted 1975/6 Racing Team. It may go back to the painter for some lug lining, and I'm looking for reproduction 531 decals, but I thought I'd put it back together for a ride in the meantime. Don't have the Normandy Luxe wheelset ready yet so Record wheels had to do for this ride. Also still deciding whether to keep the triple or convert it back to a double (a couple 20+% climbs near my house tend to require a low gear). I inlcuded pics of the shifter bosses and top-of-bb cable guides I had brazed on when I was a kid in 1978. respray   Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:45 pm Paul Wiseman Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 584 Location: Brisbane, Australia Just Lovely. _________________ Wisey Brisbane, Australia 1974 Paris - Nice 1985 Defi 1985 Victoire 1985 Victoire (yes, another one!) 1985 Professionnel   Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:53 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Looks really nice. I have a NOS Brooks Pro like yours with the medium sized rivets plus several others with the smaller and big hammered rivets. The medium sized rivets were probably only made for a year or two. I've never seen a Nervex triple with TA style chainrings. How does that Huret Jubilee handle the triple? Looking at the catalogs, it looks like Gitane stopped doing lug lining in 1978 but I remember some of the frames with the newer decals weren't lined from 1974 on. Chas.   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:46 am STW Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 20 verktyg wrote: Looks really nice. I have a NOS Brooks Pro like yours with the medium sized rivets plus several others with the smaller and big hammered rivets. The medium sized rivets were probably only made for a year or two. Didn't realize they are rare. What years? This Brooks wasn't the one that came on the Gitane--I managed to destroy that one in the rain when I was a kid. verktyg wrote: I've never seen a Nervex triple with TA style chainrings. How does that Huret Jubilee handle the triple? This Nervex originally had the TA Criterium ring set up--you can see the holes further out on the ring arms. I adapted it to work as a TA triple. The Huret Jubilee front is a smooth shifter on this crank for all three rings. I read back in the day that it was thought of as one of the best shifting fronts. The Jubilee rear is a quick easy sifter too. The chain take-up springs on Jubilees are congenitally weak, and I don't push it. But I only need to use a couple of large cogs with the small ring so there's not much extra chain take up required by having the third ring. verktyg wrote: Looking at the catalogs, it looks like Gitane stopped doing lug lining in 1978 but I remember some of the frames with the newer decals weren't lined from 1974 on. Very interesting--which bikes weren't lined from 1974? Low or high end? There is lug lining on the original finish of a 1976 Gitane "campagnolo" equipped and top tube labeled bike that must be a Super Corsa--not mine. I've seen this bike only in photos--it's in a collection in Europe and on line that is probably known to you all. That bike also has the honeycomb Huret dropouts, front and rear chrome, and insignia in the seatstay cap, and it has the lug cut outs in Sandranian's bike. Decals are without rainbow stripes. Here's a photo. I can post more of this bike if it's useful or not know to you all. more photos   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:05 pm Paul Wiseman Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 584 Location: Brisbane, Australia Always room for more photos of gitanes around here. Is that collection online? Do you have a link? Cheers _________________ Wisey Brisbane, Australia 1974 Paris - Nice 1985 Defi 1985 Victoire 1985 Victoire (yes, another one!) 1985 Professionnel   Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:35 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area [quote="STW"] verktyg wrote: Didn't realize they are rare. What years? This Brooks wasn't the one that came on the Gitane--I managed to destroy that one in the rain when I was a kid. Very interesting--which bikes weren't lined from 1974? Low or high end? There is lug lining on the original finish of a 1976 Gitane "campagnolo" equipped and top tube labeled bike that must be a Super Corsa--not mine. I've seen this bike only in photos--it's in a collection in Europe and on line that is probably known to you all. That bike also has the honeycomb Huret dropouts, front and rear chrome, and insignia in the seatstay cap, and it has the lug cut outs in Sandranian's bike. Decals are without rainbow stripes. The Brooks Pro that I have with the medium sized rivets is probably from the mid 1990s, It's new in a box marked Brooks, TI and Sturmey Archer. After 1974, new Gitanes were hard to come by. We scoured the country and bought up all Gitanes we could find. Most of the ones that we got were from the early 1970s. There were some cheap 1975 and 1976 models that were made in Taiwan. We sold a couple of those but we specialized in mid to high range performance bikes. After the 1973/1974 models (after the switch from foil decals) the better quality Gitanes were not competitively equipped or priced against many other brands available. Gitane Pacific closed out a lot of bare frames. They were red, blue or green candy apple colors without decals or lug lining. Most of them were Grand Sport with a few Interclubs and even fewer Tour de France frames. We had Gitane decal sets coming out of our ears. We built the bikes up with appropriate components and sold them as new. Chas.   Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:00 pm CharlesJk8 Guest Looks truly pleasant. I have a NOS Brooks Pro like yours with the medium estimated bolts in addition to a few others with the littler and huge pounded bolts. The medium estimated bolts were presumably made for a year or two. I've never seen a Nervex triple with TA style chainrings. How does that Huret Jubilee handle the triple? Taking a gander at the lists, it would appear that Gitane quit doing carry lining in 1978 however I recall a portion of the casings with the more current decals weren't lined from 1974 on.   Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:02 pm lucygp Joined: 01 Apr 2015 Posts: 3 I adapted it to work as a TA triple. ______________________________ sellmaplestory Pics of repainted 1975/6 Racing Team     gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Gitane USA----------------Vintage GitaneGitane RacingModern GitanePro Racing - Classics/Giro/Tour....Owner Gallery   Powered by phpBB © 2001-2004 phpBB Group Designed for Trushkin.net | Themes Database.