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Since it's an incredible bike, take the time to clean and lube the bearings, chain, etc. and keep it great for many km and years.
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I've been watching the "live coverage" on cyclingnews.com or reading the reports later in the day, and thought Peraud and Pinot on the podium was worth a post. Two Frenchmen on the podium f ... |
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| | | | | | | | | Matching Paint For 70's Gitane Gran Sport De Luxe | | | | | |
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Frenchbuilt, did the lower end bikes have that kind of paint, or were they just an ordinary enamel?
Hello, if your paint isn't real bad and you just want to touch up, people recommend mixing differ ... |
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Is it a new cable? If so something's wrong. If the bike shop put it on, let them see it. Brake cables breaking at the wrong time could be really bad, and they are strong. Could the screw ... |
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An Ideale 90 is stiff leather, and I think proofide and saddle time are the ways to make it adjust to your anatomy. Some people love this kind of saddle, and others find modern saddles, which have thi ... |
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| | | | | | | | | help identify please... | | | | | |
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700c is nice, so you have a lot of choices. I like to buy tires from the bike shop even though they may cost a few bucks more and have a little less selection, so I won't feel guilty and maybe they w ... |
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| | | | | | | | | help identify please... | | | | | |
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Working on a bike isn't really very hard if you don't mind getting your hands dirty. You'd want to clean and grease bearings and chain, perhaps replace tires, tubes, and brake pads, and adjust brakes ... |
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| | | | | | | | | Normandy Luxe Faux Pas | | | | | |
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In steel hardness goes along with brittleness, so case hardening is nice in firearms or cones because the part that is exposed to wear, the surface, is hard, while the rest is resilient. A soft, low ... |
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| | | | | | | | | Parts search for 1959-63 Gitane Touring 10 speed | | | | | |
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Islander,
If your bearings feel grainy,by all means tear them down, clean, and lube. Cups and cones for a 50-year-old bike will be hard to replace, but if kept clean and lubed will last a long tim ... |
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| | | | | | | | | Parts search for 1959-63 Gitane Touring 10 speed | | | | | |
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Welcome, Ancient Islander
If you can, post pictures of your bike and hub.
If there's an old bike shop in your area, become a customer. Go in some time other than Saturday morning so they aren' ... |
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| | | | | | | | | ~'82 Gitane? Help with identification please! | | | | | |
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The common steel cranks on older British bikes are cottered cranks, which are easier to machine, and therefore cheaper.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cotters.html
Cottered cranks require hard stee ... |
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| | | | | | | | | New wheels for 73 TdF | | | | | |
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Since the bike has lots of clearance, something like 700c x 28mm might give you more versatility than a narrower 700c, since you already have a narrow wheelset.
Since your rear spacing is 120mm, ... |
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