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 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:13 am |
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| adrian |
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| Location: Melbourne, Australia |
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Hello again 
here are two pictures of the silver Gitane frame I purchased via ebay in June 2008.
This frame is different to my blue frame in several ways:
-brake cable runs on top of top tube
-no braze on bosses for gear levers
-eyelets for mudguards
-braze on guide at BB for cables (shimano)
I think it is an earlier frame, lower in the hierarchy, but still a nice frame.
The decals state super vitus 971, but 980 is stamped on the fork steerer and one blade, the frame has super vitus droputs.
Numbers under BB....A29432 and 58095 8
I plan to rebuild as a commuter bike ie lights, mudguards (fenders) etc
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:33 am |
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| verktyg |
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Adrian,
This should make a nice riding bike.
I have a 1980 Andre Bertin bike with Super Vitus 971 decals. You can see S.V. 980 stamped into the 3 main tubes. It weighs about 19 Lbs. with sewups and a Brooks Pro saddle.
Super Vitus 980 was considerably lighter than 971 and other production bike tubing from that era.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:24 pm |
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| cooltech |
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Nice looking frame. How did you come across this one?
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Tks. for th op. to be here. glad I found the Gitane site |
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Adrian's silver Gitane frame | | | | | |
| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:16 am |
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| adrian |
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| Location: Melbourne, Australia |
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| adrian wrote: |
Hello again
here are two pictures of the silver Gitane frame I purchased via ebay in June 2008.
I plan to rebuild as a commuter bike ie lights, mudguards (fenders) etc
Adrian |
Here is a picture of the completed bicycle. A mixture of parts......Campagnolo gears, Suntour crank, Shimano hubs,
Velocity rims.
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