OK...while trying to identify a 1970's Gitane, we have run into a question that I figured someone on this list would know, because it seems like an easy one....
In question is the manufacturer of the "spider" rear dropouts used on Gitane bikes (and others) in the mid-1970s. So far, there are three makes which have been named: Simplex, Vitus, and Huret. Which, if any, are right? What is the correct make of these dropouts?
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