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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:04 am |
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:41 pm |
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bowser |
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looks like barnsley is the gitane centre of the uk!
have on occasion watched e bay uk auctions for gitane and picked up a couple of bargains
dont think the marque was too popular here in blighty unlike the us market. we seem to favour raleigh etc |
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:57 pm |
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greyhundguy |
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bowser,
I forgot you were in the UK too.
Makes sense that y'all would like Raleigh. Back in the day it was Schwinn in the US.
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:02 am |
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Gtane |
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Jay,
The blue one has nice Lyotard pedals as well as the bottle cage, as the seller highlights.
I agree with Bowser, Raleigh is the great British marque and most popular. Many in the UK grew up on a Raleigh, including me.
Thank you for the spot.
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:10 am |
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campfire |
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Bowser, you're in Lancashire I believe? I'm in Warrington which WAS lancashire once and sadly became Cheshire in the 70s.
I'm looking for a ladies bike (I've got Orange Clockwork, Brompton, an old road bike but I just fancy a 'ladylike' bike for pootling around on.
Do you come across many Gitanes in the UK of that nature? I've just missed one on Ebay which was a train ride away. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:56 pm |
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bowser |
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hi campfire
im in preston thankfully still part of lancashire (as we speak) lol
we miss wigan (gt manchester)
bolton (ditto)
and southport (merseyside?)
if i come across anything local will let you know
i tend to only buy a bike that i can ride ie correct size
unless of course it has decent useable spares
i always search the bay for gitane i bought the team pro replica on there
as a frameset 24" just my size
good luck with your search |
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:03 am |
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campfire |
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I used to work in Preston Bowser, when they were finishing the dock estate up towards the Blackpool Road. I helped set up an office for Fina but I was working for Lanstar who had a plant not far from Morrisons. I used to travel for six months during the winter as well. Thankfully I had a company car so that helped.
I'm waiting now for the Cycles Gitane ladies bike to come up at 16.39, it was listed before and I bid but lost just. He relisted it, saying an error in listing. I'm not sure what happened but he described it asl aluminium but I was sure it wasn't because of the lugs. Maybe the buyer was p**d off that it wasn't alloy?
Anyway I'm going to bid on it. It doesn't say Gitane on the discription.
I'll let you know if I win. If I don't like it I can always put it back. I currently ride an Orange Clockwork, have an old Soensport road bike and have a recumbent trike and a Brompton. I don't now do a lot of cycling but cycle a fair deal short distances but do like riding different bikes. I've nobody to ride with around here, the ones I might know go too far & fast.
Thanks for getting back to me.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:44 am |
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campfire |
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Well I won it at £62. A tenner less than i bid last time. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:03 am |
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Gtane |
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Anne Marie,
Well done. Do post photos when you get a chance. You've got a super collection of machines there.
Jay,
Thanks again for your original post and hope they've gone to a good home.
Tim |
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:01 am |
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campfire |
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tim
Got it home now. Read my post on Ladies bike information wanted on here, don't want to repeat myself!
Had a nice trip around part of the Wirral and went for the first time on the Metro line.
I'll post a picture when it's been cleaned and it's sunnier. Do you think I should keep the prop stand?
I'm really so excited. It was difficult to ride as the saddle was so low. I've just raised it a little but won't know until tomorrow. It's almost practically original and has a label of a bike shop in the Channel Islands.
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