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With a little "encouragement" I got the bolt in. I believe the powder coating was a little thick. Now I probably need to carefully remove it from the face of the bottom bracket, possibly the ... |
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Thanks Chas. I have what I believe is the proper length socket head binder, but the socket head (the nut part) is too large to fit the post hole. I guess I could turn it down a little. I'll have to i ... |
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Turns out standard seatpost binders don't quite work with old Gitanes. Anybody have a spare kicking around or a direction you can point me to procure one?
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...Many of my Gitanes have been restored for usage by the boys and most recently the small red '73 T de F frame was built up for my new daughter-in-law to ride with my youngest son.
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I know what you mean. Fortunately this was more of an "ah ha!" moment. Spending a bunch of time and money on a new spindle, then discovering that I had what I needed all along would most c ... |
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OK, it turns out after all of my recent searching I may have had the right option in my garage all along. I bought a crashed Peugeot UO8? this summer for the Simplex derailleur to replace the Shimano ... |
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Well, I have the triplizer kludge already, just need the spindle now... Not much showing up on the fleabay. Some NOS stuff on Bikeville that's ridiculous expensive. Need to check the LBS's... |
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Thanks! Also found this thread on [url=http://www.gitaneusa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14293&sid=97aa291a94e3613fcec9526e9e23e13b]period correct triples when you suggested those axles. Google is st ... |
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OK, let me see if I can explain this properly.
I used the lovely BB cup extraction tool, as described by Sheldon Brown, to remove the fixed cup on my ~'73 TdF. Popped right out. The BB had been p ... |
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I'm preparing to tear down my father's TdF to prep it for a strip/powder coat (good lessons learned from https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3SguzANtYj0/VL3Gtc8PkdI/AAAAAAAABpU/0qWVO5rlnTo/w1224-h816-n ... |
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