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| verktyg |
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Horrors! 
http://tinyurl.com/kk3pm2m
UK seller is claiming the this frame is a 1970s Gitane Tour de France.
It's actually a mid 70s Peugeot PX-10 repainted with new Gitane TdF decals...
NOTE I sent a message to the seller and pointed out the error. He's changed the listing to PX-10 With Gitane TdF decals[/b] |
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Last edited by verktyg on Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:33 am; edited 1 time in total
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SF Bay Area, CA USA
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1984 Criterium
1969 TdF
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1984 TdF x 2 Bikes
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| Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:20 am |
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| gman309905 |
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| I also saw that frame, I was pretty sure it was not a gitane but I would not be able to identify it as a peugot. Too short for me anyway |
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| | | | | | | | | Re: something not quite right | | | | | |
| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:55 am |
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| verktyg |
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| gman309905 wrote: |
| I also saw that frame, I was pretty sure it was not a Gitane but I would not be able to identify it as a Peugot. |
Two giveaways:
It has Nervex Duboise lugs instead of Prugant or Bocama, and...
The headset is a Stronglight V4 Competition instead of a Stronglight P3.
Funny thing, a PX-10 would probably bring more money than a TdF. 
My guess is that the chrome was pretty shot so it got painted over and someone didn't look too hard for PX-10 decals but used Gitanes instead.
BTW,
Go ride some cobble stones!  The Paris-Robaix is nothing compared to Pgh. streets!
The street that I grew up on - 1/2 mile long hill - the street used to be paved with cobble stones:
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Chas.
SF Bay Area, CA USA
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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 |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:07 am |
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| those pictures of the street you grew up on look kinda familiar to me, I'm guessing Brookline, maybe Beechview. anywhere close ? |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:37 am |
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| verktyg |
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Close... It's in Carrick and runs between Rt 51 and Brownsville Rd.
It was always a blast going down on a coaster brake bike but too steep in most places to pedal up with a single speed.
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Chas.
SF Bay Area, CA USA
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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 |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:19 am |
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| I grew up not too far away, Over in Mt Lebanon, some of the hills were pretty steep there . used to ride a twenty inch rollfast spyder bike everywhere |
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