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tjchad

I'll have to check for overspray.

Thanks for the info as to where the decals should be (if on the right bike!) I would like to eventually get this thing done up with the correct color and decal scheme.

sandranian · Site Admin

Those decals were never meant for the Team Pro. Here is what I think it should look like:

http://www.gitaneusa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=557

sandranian · Site Admin

Here are some more pics of my 1987 Team Pro with some of the stuff I "discovered" about them. Looking for a picture of the front dropouts, and how they were finished. If all else fails, I will have to walk into my garage and take a look.

http://www.gitaneusa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=384

tjchad

AHHH- Now I see what you meant when you mentioned how the fork ends are filed. I'll do a shot with a front view of the fork ends and we'll see how they match up.

How hard would it be to scrounge up a correct decal set? Ebay or some other web store?

tjchad

I'll settle for correct color and decals- or maybe just the decals. Red is kind of interesting and my Performance is the same red.

sandranian · Site Admin

There is a guy on Ebay who makes them (cyclomondo). He took the design off of one I had made for the decals. Since that time, I came across a bunch of NOS decals from France. I only have the head tube and down/seat tube decals.

The Reynolds 531c decal you can also get from Cyclomondo, he even has the French one -- but it is the "repaint" version. He has the standard version in English. I think some of the Gitane's in the USA were sold with the English version.

Here is a link to his store on ebay:
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Cyclomondo__W0QQ_armrsZ1

tjchad

Stephan,
Here's a shot of the fork ends:

sandranian · Site Admin

Pretty sure that is a respray, but it is definitely a top quality frameset (1987 Team Pro, most likely).

tjchad

I looked in the steerer of the fork and couldn't see any evidence of another color but I didn't look all that hard Wink

I may pull the fork and look in the head tube just for the hell of it.

sandranian · Site Admin

You know, it could be that the red was original, and it was made for a specific team or store, because that color red was offered by Gitane at that time. Who knows...maybe it was a "special" order? I don't know if Gitane did that, but they might have. The decal placement is all off though....