Re: [CR]A Gitane or not, and how early do Gitanes get ?

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:00:57 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]A Gitane or not, and how early do Gitanes get ?
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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References: <742852.46184.qm@web28002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

All the details on that bike scream mid-to-late '60s or so gaspipe midrange "racer" to me. Lower-end bikes of that period often superficially resemble their higher bred progenitors from the '50s. The ends and the fork crown look positively plebian.

I say slap some knobbies on it and see what the kid next door's got.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA

nick Bordo <nicbordeaux@yahoo.fr> wrote: Well, were I a woman I guess I'd be in a perpetual state of pregnancy, because it turns out I just can't say no. I was stopping buying bikes or parts, and I just bought in three machines more nevertheless.

At http://membres.lycos.fr/partspeekers/ left of page bottomost link I have uploaded a whole load of pictures of a machine which is pretending to be a very early Gitane racer, complete with "Service Course" decals. My tendancy would be to disregard this as pure nonsense, but there is a lot of room for doubt.

I welcome any opinions you may have.

Nick Bordo, Agen, 47000 France