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Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:02 am   Subject: 1983 super corsa a 70s bike
olivelo
 
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considering what tour riders were using at the time, the 1983 super corsa seems nostalgic, a 1970s relic, a museum piece, a tribute to passed glory.

not a forward-looking model. a non-innovative b ...
 
Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:27 am   Subject: Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971
olivelo
 
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it was the days when centre pulls stopped on racing bikes. these spidel/mafac LS2 sidepulls are quite common on ebay. the LS1s are the rare ones that just popped up for a year or so. they have a simil ...
 
Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:41 am   Subject: stem
olivelo
 
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and yes, i will amputate that stem ASAP and replace it with a philippe or an italian cousin as soon as pick up the bike.
 
Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:39 am   Subject: thanks for posting the pix
olivelo
 
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THANKS for the pix. will shut up now.
 
Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:37 am   Subject: correction re vitus 971
olivelo
 
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of course the 1983 tdf has 971 tubing but isn't spideled up, so didn't think it would be relevant to the identification of this spidel/vitus 971 gitane. looking at the specs page it definitely comes c ...
 
Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:22 am   Subject: Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971
olivelo
 
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thanks for all the replies. i'll definitely send you the pix, lofter. thanks!

i think what you see at the top of the fork is just the gitane logo.

yes, the eyelets for mudguards and the comment ...
 
Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:58 am   Subject: Identifying early 80s spidel vitus 971
olivelo
 
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hi,
just bought a gitane with super vitus 971 tubing, spidel components (stronglight/spidel 106 crankset; spidel calipers, pedals, spidel/simplex slj 5500, stronglight/spidel headset). the decals loo ...
 
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