That's a nice bike Owen,
But moreover...what about those toe straps ? I've never seen anything like them.
Scott Gabriel
Cape Cod
> From: Owen Wrigley <owen_wrigley@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] My Lejeune (now French bikes w/Campy)
\r?\n> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 1:22 PM
\r?\n>
\r?\n> My 1971 Gitane Super Corsa remains 98% as it came from the
\r?\n> shop in 1971.
\r?\n> (Original pedals swapped for safe keeping, new brake pads,
\r?\n> bullseye pulleys.)
\r?\n>
\r?\n> All Campy, including the brakes. I know Chas will
\r?\n> chime in to insist that
\r?\n> they didn't come with the expensive Campy brake option
\r?\n> directly from the
\r?\n> factory, but were added by the shop that sold them.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> This could well be. BUT, my '71 came that way when
\r?\n> purchased new.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> <a href="http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/LeicaLad/?action=view¤t=IMG_2036.jpg"
\r?\n> target="_blank"><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/LeicaLad/IMG_2036.jpg"
\r?\n> border="0" alt="SC rebuild Aug2010"></a>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> [IMG]http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/LeicaLad/IMG_2036.jpg[/IMG]
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Owen Wrigley
\r?\n> Vienna, VA
\r?\n>
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\r?\n>
\r?\n> Message: 12
\r?\n> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:30:10 -0800 (PST)
\r?\n> From: Scott Gabriel <slipangle2@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] My Lejeune
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org,
\r?\n> scott davis
\r?\n> <francopedia@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Message-ID: <596858.28558.qm@web111313.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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\r?\n> Cool bike Scott,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I wonder, not being very well versed in the subject, just
\r?\n> how many French bikes came with a full Campagnolo NR or SR
\r?\n> gruppo. I have a circa '73 Motobecane Team Champion, and
\r?\n> here is your Lejeune. Were there others?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Scott Gabriel
\r?\n> Cape Cod
\r?\n> US