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Clear Coat over Decals & Repaint 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:07 am   Subject: Clear Coat over Decals & Repaint
tua
 
Replies: 4
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Six months ago I applied clearcoat over the Cyclomondo foil decals on my TDF. I just used rattlecan spray from the local autoparts store. I tested it first on a scrap part of the decals. I lightly san ...
 
simplex shifter retrofit? 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:18 am   Subject: simplex shifter retrofit?
tua
 
Replies: 3
Views: 11411
Yes, I saw that link before, but to me it was as clear as mud. One guy states he managed to mount the retrofrictions on a Shimano pod but with modifications. But its not clear whether these were as si ...
 
simplex shifter retrofit? 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:06 pm   Subject: simplex shifter retrofit?
tua
 
Replies: 3
Views: 11411
Like lots of Gitane owners, I've been using the Simplex retrofriction shifters for years and like them a lot! But I'm getting too old to bend down to the DT, so I'd like to move them up to the handleb ...
 
Lug pinstripe touch up... 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:46 pm   Subject: Lug pinstripe touch up...
tua
 
Replies: 17
Views: 42303
Jay, thanks for the great tip, but I wish you had posted it yesterday. I'm repainting my '72 TDF and I was just re-lining the lugs yesterday, the old fashioned way - with the smallest tipped camel's h ...
 
death stem? 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:09 am   Subject: death stem?
tua
 
Replies: 13
Views: 107937
Like many TdFs, mine came with a Pivo stem that I've now riden on for three decades without any thought. Recently, I was perusing Sheldon Brown's site and he talks of the AVA stems on many French bike ...
 
Chain recommendation 
PostForum: Vintage Gitane   Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:01 am   Subject: Chain recommendation
tua
 
Replies: 2
Views: 8420
I want to replace the chain on my TDF which has the standard Stronglight 93 42-52 with 14-26 5-speed freewheel. Supposedly, modern chain design has better geometry for shifting than old. Recommend a r ...
 
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