gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane » Team Pro frame Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Rust on chrome   Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:32 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Chad, Some xxx or xxxx steel wool should clean up most of the rust on the chrome. Chas.   Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:50 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA See 1986 Catalog section...front page has the Head tube Logo...so '86 seems correct. Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:56 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA OK, see 1987 Catalog...looks like a Model R.S.- Racing Special...shown in RED. Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:59 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA One nice bike with that Mavic Group!!! Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:06 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA BUT, your frame has the under top tube rear brake cable routing like the Team Pro shown in same catalog. Geezzzzzzzzzzzzz...there Gitane goes again. Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:18 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA AND...yours has the 531P decal indicating the Team Pro but in a weird location... Another case of another Case of Wine at lunch??? Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:42 pm sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California It's the Campagnolo dropouts and brake cable routing that is the oddityon that bike....anyone can slap the wrong sticker on the tubes. However, that makes me think that my 1987 Inter, which came with 531P tubing decals, may actually be 531P. it was supposed to come with 531C.... Who knows?! _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:10 am tjchad Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Southern California greyhundguy wrote: OK, see 1987 Catalog...looks like a Model R.S.- Racing Special...shown in RED. Jay The decals match but the brake cable routes into the top tube from the bottom on my frame. These guys at the factory have a great job- drinking all day and little to no QC... _________________ Chad San Diego, CA   Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:13 am tjchad Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Southern California Check out the disclaimer in the lower right corner of page 7 in the '87 catalogue- pretty much covers all the inconsistencies... _________________ Chad San Diego, CA   Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:00 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area tjchad wrote: Check out the disclaimer in the lower right corner of page 7 in the '87 catalogue- pretty much covers all the inconsistencies... YMC&WV (Your mileage can and will vary) http://www.gitaneusa.com/images/catalog/1987_pg7.jpg (Hint - click on the screen to get a larger view) Chas.   Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:24 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Do any of your components match the Specs. for either the TP or RS? (see Chas'. link). That may give you a clue??? Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:25 am tjchad Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Southern California greyhundguy wrote: Do any of your components match the Specs. for either the TP or RS? (see Chas'. link). That may give you a clue??? Jay I got the frame only... The head set says Stronglight Spidel, if that's any clue. _________________ Chad San Diego, CA   Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:57 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area tjchad wrote: I got the frame only... The head set says Stronglight Spidel, if that's any clue. It's probably a Stronglight A-9 headset with roller bearings instead of ball bearings. Chas. More pics...   Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 5:29 am tjchad Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Southern California Someone had requested more pics of the decals and the front dropouts. Here you go... _________________ Chad San Diego, CA   Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:07 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Thanks for the pictures. Here is my theory: That is a Gitane Team Pro frameset that was repainted and rebadged. Gitane would send decals to people who asked for them in the 1980s (they sent them to me). Most of the team pros wouldn't be painted on the fork dropouts, which were chromed, if my memory serves me (and it often doesn't). Whoever repainted that bike didn't bother to tape off the fork ends. Doesn't look like a factory finish down there. Then, there is the decals: The 531 decal isn't where Gitane placed them (usually on the down tube above the shifters), and the Gitane decals definitely aren't a factory application: The fork decals actually belong on the seat tube, and the seat tube decal is a down tube decal, which they just doubled-up on. Which isn't to say that it doesn't look great. I actually really like the look of the "stylized systeme u" stripes on the fork. But I do think that the bike is a respray. The fork tips (unfiled on the inside of the fork tip), plus all of the other indicators, really identify this as a Team Pro. When you take the fork out and in the BB shell, is there any evidence of the blue paint overspray? _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com Team Pro frame     gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours   Page 2 of 3   Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Gitane USA----------------Vintage GitaneGitane RacingModern GitanePro Racing - Classics/Giro/Tour....Owner Gallery   Powered by phpBB © 2001-2004 phpBB Group Designed for Trushkin.net | Themes Database.