gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane » Gitane Olympic? Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Gitane Olympic?   Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:57 pm inforest Joined: 21 Oct 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Turku, Finland Hi all. I've been stalking this forum since I got this beautiful bike under "construction". But here goes my first post. I'm from Finland and Gitane has never been very popular here. I think no one ever imported Gitane. For some reason Peugeot and for example Rossin + other italian bikes have been much more popular. Because I've always been in to french bicycles and wanted to have something more special than a very common Peugeot, I bought this Gitane from the internet. I'm not quite sure about the model but I'll give it a good guess. It's made of reynolds 531 (inc. forks) and has this "tunnel" inside top tube for rear brake cable. The decals are from 80-83 era. Fork and chain stay are chromed and the frame color is bronze (Which was an option at least in 80-82). So according to my Sherlock skills I'm pretty sure its an Olympic. I've tried to restore it to it's past glory but it's quite hard to find right components in Finland. This is not actually a cycling country. Bike is almost done by now but the "cockpit" is still missing. So I'm looking for a 3ttt stem and 3ttt drop bars. Hoping to find them soon before the winter falls upon us. Follow the link for tasties: (Sorry for the finnish titles in the pics.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/inforest/sets/72157624698636938/ Last edited by inforest on Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:10 am; edited 1 time in total _________________ Track -85?, Olympic -82 Olympic?   Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:55 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Welcome to the Forum (welcome is the same in Finnish as English) Looks like you found a great bike. Keep sending updates. _________________ Chas. SF Bay Area, CA USA ============== 1984 Criterium 1969 TdF 1971 TdF 1974 TdF 1984 TdF x 2 Bikes 1970 SC 1971 SC 1972 SC 1984 SC 1984 Team Pro 1985 Professional 1990s Team Replica   Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:24 am mikkla Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 87 Location: The Netherlands hello hello! Looks like really nice bike you got there. Very nice pictures, thank you. Good luck with the futher works! _________________ Greetings from the Netherlands!!   Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:17 am scozim Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 629 Location: Ellensburg, WA Beautiful bike - love the gold color and the Campy components. It looks even to be my size. Should be a fantastic riding bike. Off topic a little - what's the blue bike in the background in a couple of those photos? _________________ 1984 Gitane Sprint 1984 Gitane Tour de France mid-1970's Gitane Olympic Plus many more http://eburgcycling.blogspot.com   Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:11 am lofter Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 1162 hmmmm french threaded bb and vitus drops.....interesting definately a racing bike and no fender eyelets. and chromed chain stay. serial # on the bb? and welcome to the website too   Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:47 am trois tubes Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 136 Hi There, Great job with the build! Looks like an '82 based on the internal rear brake cable routing with those graphics. Could have been an Olympic if it was originally built with full campy NR. Seems like that's what you want to make it into. I'd try to put a cinelli bar/stem combo wrapped-up in Benotto tape. I can get some light blue or grey if needed. Looking forward to seeing pics of the completed project!   Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:28 pm inforest Joined: 21 Oct 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Turku, Finland Thanks! The blue one is a Gitane Track from around -85. It's updated with new components. Made with columbus tubes (just the three main tubes) _________________ Track -85?, Olympic -82   Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:45 am inforest Joined: 21 Oct 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Turku, Finland I have really nice NOS NR levers for this Olympic(you can see them in the pictures). The rubber hoods look just fine but they feel a little dried. Would you recommend treating them some way before I mount them on. I'm a little worried if they will drop off in small pieces after a while in use. Wax, oil, strawberry jam? _________________ Track -85?, Olympic -82   Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:59 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area inforest wrote: I have really nice NOS NR levers for this Olympic(you can see them in the pictures). The rubber hoods look just fine but they feel a little dried. Would you recommend treating them some way before I mount them on. I'm a little worried if they will drop off in small pieces after a while in use. Wax, oil, strawberry jam? Glycerin! It will protect and soften the rubber. Avoid all petroleum based products as they will quickly destroy the old rubber. _________________ Chas. SF Bay Area, CA USA ============== 1984 Criterium 1969 TdF 1971 TdF 1974 TdF 1984 TdF x 2 Bikes 1970 SC 1971 SC 1972 SC 1984 SC 1984 Team Pro 1985 Professional 1990s Team Replica   Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:37 am scozim Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 629 Location: Ellensburg, WA inforest wrote: Thanks! The blue one is a Gitane Track from around -85. It's updated with new components. Made with columbus tubes (just the three main tubes) Time for a new thread with photos of that track bike! _________________ 1984 Gitane Sprint 1984 Gitane Tour de France mid-1970's Gitane Olympic Plus many more http://eburgcycling.blogspot.com   Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:40 am inforest Joined: 21 Oct 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Turku, Finland lofter wrote: hmmmm french threaded bb and vitus drops.....interesting definately a racing bike and no fender eyelets. and chromed chain stay. serial # on the bb? and welcome to the website too Serial number is B151304 Doesn't tell me anything... _________________ Track -85?, Olympic -82   Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:27 pm Wisey Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 631 Location: Brisbane, Australia inforest wrote: lofter wrote: hmmmm french threaded bb and vitus drops.....interesting definately a racing bike and no fender eyelets. and chromed chain stay. serial # on the bb? and welcome to the website too Serial number is B151304 Doesn't tell me anything... Buy a lotto ticket and mark in those numbers, cross your fingers, and see what happens...... _________________ Kind Regards, Wisey Delta Dreamin'   Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:08 pm inforest Joined: 21 Oct 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Turku, Finland As the dollar is pretty low right now (no offence) I would be very interested in this tool set which have been on the eBay for a while already. Shipping in side US is free but 32$ to Finland. Would you think it's a little bit over priced? If I transferred some money for the toolkit + reasonable shipping costs to some of you guys could some one order this for me and ship it to Finland? I tried this USPS calculator for international shipping and it gave me 13.45$ as a result. I think it should fit in a "Priority Mail International Small Flat Rate Box" (8 5/8" x 5 3/8" x 1 5/8", if I converted the inches to centimeters correctly. I'm not very good with these) Just let me know if it's too much to ask. -Jyri edit. Problem solved. Thanks greyhundguy! _________________ Track -85?, Olympic -82   Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 11:15 pm inforest Joined: 21 Oct 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Turku, Finland Here's my new cockpit. Stem and bars are almost like the originals. 3ttt products from 80's. Bar "tape" is not as in the catalogs but it's real leather which feels and looks better to me. The rubber hoods are swimming in glyserin just as I was advised to treat them. Thanks for all the tips and help. _________________ Track -85?, Olympic -82   Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:25 am inforest Joined: 21 Oct 2010 Posts: 23 Location: Turku, Finland Today I had some time to mount the bars and set up the rear brake. (unfortunately I could not find a cable for front brake) Still I must reveal something that's not quite complete yet: -Jyri _________________ Track -85?, Olympic -82 Gitane Olympic?     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 1 of 2   Goto page 1, 2  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.