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 Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:27 am |
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| sandranian |
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So I had a friend over last night from France...an American who started to get into collecting bicycles and contact me some time ago about Gitane. He is a member here on the forum, but I won't mention names unless he wants to "out" himself.
Anyways, he was in town on business, and came over last night to finally meet and talk about bikes, have a beer, etc. Anyhow, very pleasant meeting...and he surprised me with a bunch of books. Among them is one I have seen on ebay but never picked up, called Les Gitane de mon pere, Moto-Velo-Cyclo, by Sylvie & Franck Meneret.
Wow. There is a boat load of information in here. It had pictures of the old Gitane factory, which I quickly located on mapquest and have linked here:
http://www.gitaneusa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1324
There are also tons of pictures of Gitane's booth at Salon de Paris in the 1950's, and a schematic drawing of the Delta handlebar system! Cool stuff...
A very nice visit: Drank a beer, looked at and talked about Gitane! Nothing better. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:20 am |
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| Wisey |
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Cool.  Good to hear that some friendships have formed as a result of this forum.
Can't wait to see that handlebar schematic. |
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Kind Regards,
Wisey
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