gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane » roll call Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  roll call   Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:06 am lofter Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 1162 I was wondering , how many forum members regularly come here , check for new postings , make it part of your daily, weekly, monthly habit or ritual . There are 992 subscribed users . I'm here daily   Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:10 am carlmorrell Joined: 11 Aug 2011 Posts: 13 Lurker here for a year now. Like clockwork   Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:17 pm smilingroadrunner Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 278 Location: Salina, Ks. Daily, if not several times daily especially on the weekends. Thanks Stephan, this site is a great resource !!! I Like Steel !!! ______________ C.A. Salina, KS. roll call   Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:15 pm gman309905 Joined: 23 Dec 2012 Posts: 63 Location: Pittsburgh PA. Hello All, Since I finished the rebuild on my " Resurrection " Gitane and posted some pictures, I'm checking out the site daily, exchanged a few messages with verktyg about our obsession, seems we both have quite a few vintage bikes hanging around.   Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:27 pm scozim Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 629 Location: Ellensburg, WA Like C.A - I check in here daily if not multiple times during the day. _________________ 1984 Gitane Sprint 1984 Gitane Tour de France mid-1970's Gitane Olympic Plus many more http://eburgcycling.blogspot.com   Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:35 pm gmany Joined: 20 Aug 2009 Posts: 47 I normally look every day, sometimes every other day, but don't sign-in unless I reply to something. _________________ Garrett Miles Saint Louis, Missouri Stephan can probably check on visits   Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:50 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Stephan can probably check on visits... I visit from several times a day to once a week or so... _________________ 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: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:47 pm Wisey Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 631 Location: Brisbane, Australia I'm a recovering GitaneUSA addict, so fewer visits or posts these days, but I still lurk around the old catalogue section..... Besides, someone has to keep Verktyg and Lofter honest! _________________ Kind Regards, Wisey Delta Dreamin'   Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:46 am NebraskaGuy Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Lincoln, NE I'm here looking most days. I'm an addict for cool bike pictures, and I learn a lot from the tech and history items. It's also like a big family. Sometimes with the "brothers" trying to bug each other, but what are families for? _________________ Russ Ah! To feel the wind in my hair . . .   Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:37 pm holga100 Joined: 17 Dec 2012 Posts: 7 Location: Conway, Mass., USA I'm a newcomer--just joined a couple of months ago--and only own one Gitane (a 1970s service course tdf that I found discarded at my town landfill) but this forum has already been a great source of info and entertainment. I usually check in here once a week or so. I can definitely see the allure of these quirky bikes.... To those of you who own lots of them--do you ride them regularly? I have about a half dozen bikes and I start to feel neglectful if any one of them hangs on the wall for a long time. And do you have wives? What do they think of your obsession? bb   Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:19 am NebraskaGuy Joined: 25 Aug 2012 Posts: 23 Location: Lincoln, NE "And do you have wives? What do they think of your obsession?" That can be a loaded question. Way back when, I bought a bike before I bought my girlfriend (now my wife) a ring. She stilll keeps me around . . . _________________ Russ Ah! To feel the wind in my hair . . .   Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:04 am lofter Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 1162 for me i dont ride them regularly enough . i was 238 last feb. i started playing frisbee golf . fell in love with the game and much better than reg ball golf. i walked up and down the hills at our local park . as of right now im 198 and holding that weight . its been about fifteen years since i was under 200.i told myself that when i break 200 i would start to ride more of my bikes . like the profile and i have a vitus carbone 9 i want to ride. i was afraid of breaking frames like stephan did on that 87 t pro . between work personal life and my harley it really is tough to set aside time to ride. but im going to work on that tho . as far as the wife goes , she used to hate my bikes , she's warming up to them . she likes the mini farthing and the triple and the delta. oh i got the you cant ride them all at once comment. she sees what im doing with the collection and where its going too. im starting to go the collectibles route right now . anything with gitane on it . i missed on a set of gitane wingnuts last night . would have went all in on them but i bought bir hakiems 85 pro the other day so didnt have the coin to bid like i wanted to . thats my situation in a nutshell   Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:12 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area NebraskaGuy wrote: "And do you have wives? What do they think of your obsession?" Back in 1980 a former fiancée paramor said something to the effect that I had a choice, the bikes or her! A simple "Gee I'm gonna miss you!" ended that discussion! (What she really meant was that she wanted me to fix several of her girlfriends up with bikes! - Say what you mean, mean what you say!) Last edited by verktyg on Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:19 am; edited 1 time in total _________________ 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: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:08 pm smilingroadrunner Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 278 Location: Salina, Ks. I need one of those T-shirts---actually my wife is pretty supportive---but my stable is small in comparison with yours. Going for a ride---sunny & calm and almost 65 in Salina this afternoon. I Like Steel !!! _______________ C.A. '70 TdeF '71 Interclub '72 Interclub x 2 '72 TdeF '73 TdeF '72-'73 S.C. in the wings '86 Performance '87 Victoire Last edited by smilingroadrunner on Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:40 pm; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:35 pm Kinst VonSterga Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 153 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon USA At least 2x a month .. so I guess I wouldn't be a good candidate for all that online per-click money generating commercials roll call     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.