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And fenders on a TdF?
Seeing as how the bike is an hour north of Seattle I get the fenders - not that I agree with it on that bike, though. Get a Gran Sport for the rain.
Jay - great point on the parts. I bought my TdF from a bike mechanic outside of Seattle - all original for $400 18 months ago. Based on the paint condition after I got it home I probably overpaid.
The guy now has a set of Campy Delta brakes listed for $500 ??? I could have bought some Croce d'Aune like these for $175 last year.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:27 pm |
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| greyhundguy wrote: |
| Rixtir wrote: |
| And fenders on a TdF? |
Geezzzzzzzzzzz...you live in Portland and don't use fenders? 
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Oh, yeah, I'm definitely using fenders,** But I think if I had a TdF, I'd keep it fender-free, for dry-weather use only. Or at most, maybe I'd use something like Race Blades. You know, something in keeping with its race bike heritage.
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| Seeing as how the bike is an hour north of Seattle I get the fenders - not that I agree with it on that bike. Get a Gran Sport for the rain. |
Exactly.
** I was riding my Lotus Odyssey (with fenders) all summer, but as soon as the rains started and the road got slick, I switched to a fat-tired mountain bike set up as a commuter. LOTS more tire contact with the road surface, with LOTS more stability on the slick roads. It's not as fast, but it keeps me upright. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:27 pm |
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| sandranian wrote: |
| If you covet the bike, you'll spend the money. If you are doing it for the resale value or hope to recoup what you put into it...good luck! |
I agree 100%.
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| Rixtir wrote: |
| But I think if I had a TdF, I'd keep it fender-free, for dry-weather use only. |
And how many days a year might that be in Portland? 
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| greyhundguy wrote: |
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| But I think if I had a TdF, I'd keep it fender-free, for dry-weather use only. |
And how many days a year might that be in Portland?
Jay |
Yeah, yeah, I get it. But theoretically, from May through October (with occasional rain throughout, of course). All this past week, though, we've had absolutely beautiful sunshiney days.
Supposed to rain again tomorrow. 
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:38 pm |
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| Rixtir wrote: |
| And fenders on a TdF? |
I remember seeing a picture of Eddy Merckx riding a PuJo PX-10 team bike with fenders!
I don't know whether he was on a training ride or what but he had them on the bike and he was wearing PuJo colors!
On that note, I'm feeling suicidal today... 
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| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:43 pm |
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I looked at this TdF twice today. The repaint was ok - metallic blue. But, with the mismatched components, etc. it just didn't do anything for me. There was only one decal for Gitane - on the fork. No other decals had been put on the bike. |
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There a TdF just listed on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/yjerfo9
"58-cm Gitane Professional Vintage Road Bike Campagnolo"
There's zero Campagnolo on this frame but it's a good example of one that came with the old style thin Simplex dropouts without a derailleur hanger that I'd mentioned above. This was probably due to a shortage of the standard Simplex dropouts.
I'd estimate that it's about a 1972 model because it still has the brazed on brake cable stop bridge on the seat stays but it has the later Nervex DuBois fork crown.
Nervex Professional crown
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