gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane » First post. Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  First post.   Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:32 am Discobiker Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Stockholm, Sweden My NOS 74 School Pista. Never riden, pedals stil in the orginal plasticbag. Welcome   Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:02 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Welcome to the forum. Nice bike. Gitane was one of the few bike makers in the 70s that produced an affordable track bike. There were a lot of these sold during the US Bike Boom. We usually kept one of the Track Standard models in stock at our bike shop. People bought them for training bikes. They originally sold for well under $100 USD. When business was slow or we got bored we would take the Gitane fixed gear display bike out for a spin. Chas. Track bike   Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:49 pm grumpyphil Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 28 Oh, that is just lovely! The drool meter is on 10 Grumpy   Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:00 pm bultaco34 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 21 very nice!!!!   Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:57 am Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK That's a very nice machine and a great find too. Thanks for posting. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle   Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:23 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Where did you get it? _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:16 am Discobiker Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Stockholm, Sweden sandranian wrote: Where did you get it? Got it here in Sweden from a guy that road in the national TT-team in the early ninethes. He himself got from a freind in Norway. If there's any interest in this bike please let me know.   Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:44 am Discobiker Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Putting up some more of my old Gitane track bikes. [/img]   Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:18 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Wow. That is some collection, spanning the years! What size(s) are those? _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com Oh My !!!   Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:01 pm smilingroadrunner Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 278 Location: Salina, Ks. And now my "Drool" factor has also really kicked in Gear !! What a great set of track bikes, especially the last image of the late 60's or very early 70's with the larger headset foil sticker. Any possibility of getting some additional close up images of the late 60's bike---especially the larger chrome headset foil sticker? Discobiker these are just too cool, I'm sooooo envious. I Like Steel !!! ___________________ C.A. Salina, Ks.   Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:36 pm Discobiker Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Sorry about the quality on the pictures. Thanks !!   Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:45 am smilingroadrunner Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 278 Location: Salina, Ks. Thanks for the additional images---I was just curious to see a close up of the larger foil headset tube sticker on some of the early 70's frames. No wonder they went to the smaller design---the larger chrome sticker would have to have been made in several sizes---or laboriously trimmed to fit. Thanks again I Like Steel !!! ________________ C.A. Salina Ks. 70's Track   Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:52 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Disco, What's the Number at the bottom of the Fork Decal on this bike? Hard to read in the photo. Jay...not peddlin' fast anymore. _________________ Dance like nobody is watching. Ah yes the mystery!!   Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:21 am smilingroadrunner Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 278 Location: Salina, Ks. Good point Jay, I as others have probably wondered why the bottom part of the fork decal was missing on most later models. When Chas & I were working with Greg at Cyclomondo about the replacement foil stickers last year, I never gave a thought about the bottom part of the fork decal appearing to be cut off. Thanks Disco if you can help answer Jay's question. C.A. Decals   Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:14 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA C. A. Did you miss this thread a short while back? http://www.gitaneusa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=741 Possibly we figured it out... only Etienne, the Gitane Graphic Artist, knows for sure. Jay...who lost a different Original set to a bidder in Japan. _________________ Dance like nobody is watching. 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