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PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:32 am Reply with quote
further
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Hi all

Anybody know what kind of bar tape would have been fitted in 1982,I am restoring a Gitane National.
thanks
Chris
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:48 am Reply with quote
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further wrote:
Anybody know what kind of bar tape would have been fitted in 1982,I am restoring a Gitane National.
thanks
Chris


The National model is pictured the 1982 British Gitane Catalogue in the catalog section of this site.

http://www.gitaneusa.com/images/catalog/1982/british/1982-British-catalogue0004.jpg

Specifications:

http://www.gitaneusa.com/images/catalog/1982/british/1982-British-catalogue0011.jpg

http://www.gitaneusa.com/images/catalog/1982/british/1982-British-catalogue0012.jpg

All of the bikes pictured in the catalogue have black handlebar tape. I was probably a glossy thick plastic type of tape.

The Gitane team bikes had the bars re-wrapped everyday during a race. They used both cloth tape - usually white or blue and Benotto cellophane tape in blue or yellow.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:55 am Reply with quote
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Thanks for the quick reply,I will probably use cloth tape as I don't think the plastic tape is still available.
Chris
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