gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Owner Gallery » Erik's New Project 1974-1976 Gitane **For Sale** Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Erik's New Project 1974-1976 Gitane **For Sale**   Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:46 am edorwart Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Bucks County, PA After and long wait for a paint job, my new project is nearing completion. Just waiting for the gold Belleri handlebars to come in so I can mount the gold, drilled Mafac brake levers and run the brake lines. The inspiration for this bike is the one one the cover of the 1974 French catalog found in the catalog section of this website. Instead of Campagnolo parts I decided to go as "French" as possible. The olny parts on this bike that are not French are the spokes, the wire cables (jackets are French), the stem (I cant find a 120+mm French stem, yet) and the leather handlebar tape that will be used. Oh and the grease Full specification will be posted along with better pictures as soon as it is done. Last edited by edorwart on Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:12 am; edited 4 times in total   Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:52 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Wow. Very nice restoration. That bike is beautiful, and the parts selection is really nice. I love the gold annodized stuff. _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com   Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:37 am Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK Super restoration and I'm sure the ride will be just as wonderful as the look. Lovely machine. Thanks for posting. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle Mid 70s Gitane   Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:07 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Eric, Nice job, it looks fantastic! How does it ride? _________________ 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: Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:21 am sandranian Site Admin Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 2701 Location: Southern California Hopefully not at all in its current set up! _________________ Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA www.gitaneusa.com Finally Done!   Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:36 am edorwart Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Bucks County, PA Sorry for the almost 1 month delay since I posted originally. It took 2+ weeks for the guy to ship the new handle bars, etc, etc..... Just got back from my first ride, 22 miles and it rode great. I had never ridden on tubulars before, let alone hand made silk tubulars so the ride was smooth a can be. Just need to adjust the rear brake pads and that is about it! Here is the final breakdown on the parts used to complete the bike. @1975 60cm Gitane Reynolds 531 Frame and Fork (Thanks Chas) Frame painted Medium Rich Blue Metallic by Bilenky Cycleworks, decals by Cyclomondo, clear coat over decals. Stronglight 93 Crankset 175mm arms. Stronglight 105 BIS Chain rings 52 / 42 - NOS Stronglight Crain ring bolts - NOS Stronglight Competition Bottom Bracket Lyotard M. Berthet 23 Pedals - NOS Christophe Toe Clips and Straps - NOS Stonglight Competition Headset Simplex Chrome Steel 26.6mm seatpost. Ideale 2002 Saddle (Thanks Jay) T.A. seat binder bolts. - NOS Simplex Super LJ Rear Derailleur Simplex Super LJ Front Derailleur Simplex Super LJ Shifters Mafac Competition Brake Calipers with new Kool Stop Pads - NOS Mafac Drilled Brake Levers with full Black Mafac rubber Hoods. - NOS 3T Record Stem 125mm - NOS Belleri Handlebars - NOS Velo Orange Leather bar tape Velox Bar Plugs Speedway brake and shifter cable housing (NOS) with new Velo Orange inner cables. Huret Cable Clamps - NOS Normandy Luxe Competition Hubs - NOS M.M. Atom Quick Releases - NOS Mavic Monthyler Route Rims 36 hole. - NOS D.T. swiss spokes and nipples (tied and soldered by me) Francois Marie Boyaux Silk Tubulars 22mm Sedis Sedi-color chain. - NOS Malliard 14-24 5 speed freewheel. - NOS T.A. Water bottle cage. - NOS I think that about does it. Parts were aquired from as far away as Germany, Netherlands, France, Greece, Cypress, England and Australia and some as close as Philadelphia! The only parts that are not French are: Spokes, nipple, stem, bar tape, decals, inner cables, brake pads, grease and air Please let me know if I missed anything or if anyone has any questions. Erik Last edited by edorwart on Sat Apr 24, 2010 3:28 pm; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:11 pm bultaco34 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 21 Very nice!!! Looks brand new.   Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:25 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Great job Erik!!!!! Don't forget to put Perrier in your water bottle. Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching. Great Job!   Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:45 am verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area That frame has the nicest chrome I've ever seen on an old Gitane. It should killer smooth riding. Wait to you climb a hill and then you will really appreciate sewups (read my posts about sewups for some hints). To bad it was too big for me... My loss, your gain! _________________ 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 Apr 25, 2010 3:11 pm edorwart Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Bucks County, PA One last piece of information, the bike weighs 24.46 pounds eaxctly as shown in the pictures. Erik   Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:44 pm vanhelmont Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 242 Location: Florida What a beautiful bike! I hesitate to comment on a small point, but your toe straps are buckled wrong. Are you able to tighten them, and to release them when you want to stop? Here is the way to do it:http://www.yellowjersey.org/how2clip.html Here is Hinault, you can see the toe clip only goes through the buckle once, then turns up so you can pull it tight. http://www.velo-club.net/nicolas/hinault1978.jpg[/url]   Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:02 pm edorwart Joined: 23 Sep 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Bucks County, PA vanhelmont wrote: What a beautiful bike! I hesitate to comment on a small point, but your toe straps are buckled wrong. Are you able to tighten them, and to release them when you want to stop? Here is the way to do it:http://www.yellowjersey.org/how2clip.html Here is Hinault, you can see the toe clip only goes through the buckle once, then turns up so you can pull it tight. http://www.velo-club.net/nicolas/hinault1978.jpg[/url] I am aware of the proper routing of the strap, I did it that way for the picture. I also had a small piece of wood wedged under the pedal so it would sit upright on the drive side for the photograph!   Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:15 am vanhelmont Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 242 Location: Florida Well, I guess I should have figured a guy who tied and soldered his own spokes, and twisted the strap where it went through the pedal, would know how to use straps. Again, you did a great job! Dave   Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 12:56 am poufthecascadeur Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 87 Location: toulon,france magnifique!!!! Dugast tubes?(soie naturelle fait main) _________________ gitane sprint,nation,interclub,s.olympic,renault loisir,(bianchi record 748,legnano olympic record,follis,wolhauser,meral,peugeot px10,ps10,prn10,phr50,uo8,mercier 300,mercier service course,urago nervex&competition,motoconfort super champion)   Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 1:00 am poufthecascadeur Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 87 Location: toulon,france vanhelmont wrote: What a beautiful bike! I hesitate to comment on a small point, but your toe straps are buckled wrong. Are you able to tighten them, and to release them when you want to stop? Here is the way to do it:http://www.yellowjersey.org/how2clip.html Here is Hinault, you can see the toe clip only goes through the buckle once, then turns up so you can pull it tight. http://www.velo-club.net/nicolas/hinault1978.jpg[/url] from my campy pedals on my legnano: very easy to use and tighten _________________ gitane sprint,nation,interclub,s.olympic,renault loisir,(bianchi record 748,legnano olympic record,follis,wolhauser,meral,peugeot px10,ps10,prn10,phr50,uo8,mercier 300,mercier service course,urago nervex&competition,motoconfort super champion) Erik's New Project 1974-1976 Gitane **For Sale**     gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Owner Gallery 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.