[CR]Gitane TDF not gas pipe

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

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To: chasds@mindspring.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:27:50 -0500
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From: "Dale Brown" <oroboyz@aol.com>
Subject: [CR]Gitane TDF not gas pipe

Yes, the Gitane TdF was 531, Stronglight 93, Simplex Delrin, Mafacs, ala PX10... The Interclub was one step below which had more fundamental tubing but still came with sew-ups and was a racey bike. I sold em back then at my first bike shop job, A& S Cycle Shop......

Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: chasds@mindspring.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 4:16 pm Subject: [CR]re: gas pipe Gitane TDF

someone wrote:

amiriatelmo answers: I did

On a "Gas-Pipe" Gitane TDF with a First Generation Dura-Ace 52/39 crankset (see:

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Unless I missed the memo, Gitane TDFs were NOT gaspipe bikes, but built out of nice, high-quality tubing (vitus or reynolds, I forget now). they were the poor-man's racing bike. I almost ended up with one myself, but the shop that sold them where I lived was a little too snooty for me. I ended up with a Mondia Special. cooler paint, but probably about the same quality as a TDF, all things considered. You could buy a TDF, with sew-up tires, ready to ride, for under 200 bucks in 1973 or so, where I was.

Charles Andrews
Los Angeles