It looks like Gitanes I have seen and worked on before. The headset looks like stock Gitane. The fork corwn and the lug where the seat tube join the bb looks...
Hi! This is my first post, although i have been reading the messages for a while, I was wondering if someone could give me some advice? I am in the process of...
I think that's bogus. I use a Centaur bottom bracket on my fixed gear with with a pair of older Pista cranks. It works great and was only $15. I think it ...
Thank you Greg, Dave, and Alex for your replies to my post about restoring this Gitane frame. I have been crawling through the Classic Rendezvous archives and...
In between sections of the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, there was a 2 second shot of a fixie rider in a hooded sweatshirt and long shorts (over the knee)...
TV, correct? Was it a commercial, producer's blip, part of another show, etc?? Forgive me, I don't watch television.... At 06:54 AM 2/3/2004 -0800, Mike Coons...
Yes, its a TV makeover show filmed in NYC and in between the actual content of the show, they show street scenes of the city, usually traffic. ... TV, correct?...
Cool! At 07:08 AM 2/3/2004 -0800, Mike Coons wrote: Yes, its a TV makeover show filmed in NYC and in between the actual content of the show, they show street...
... Seeing fixed bicycles in the media gets me hyped but I can't help but think that if it "catches on", we'll have everyone and their grandmas riding fixed...
... I don't think we'll get hyped too much, since fixed ain't that easy to do. It's like trials and flatland and dirt-jumping BMX. They make really great TV....
Thats very true Greg. it's not for everyone. Vincent Moore* Yaddayadda57@......
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My Thoughts exactly Peter! Vincent Moore* Yaddayadda57@... ... "fuck you, man" replied the boy as he took off into the park, knowing good and well that...
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Hot Links, Indeed! Vincent Moore* Yaddayadda57@......
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Please send pics!!!!!! Vincent Moore* Yaddayadda57@... oldskooltrack photographer....
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there's also one in the begininng of The Pianist. one point for me...
Thanks much Roydrink, I enjoyed the hell outta that! Vincent Moore* Yaddayadda57@......
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I can't be 100 percent sure, but from what knowledge and memories I have of Gitane that certainly looks like one...even without the paint & decals. Vincent...
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All of this talk of Gitanes has compelled me to once again tell my heatbreaking story of early ignorance. Back in the early seventies I had just begun to...
two weeks ago i had my left pedal break. it being a monday my favorite bike shop wasn't open so i went to next closest one and bought a new(cheap)set,in those...
I have a siilar, but not quite as heartbraking (get it- braking? :-D ) stor= y. My first fix I got rom a woman on craigslist whod messengered on it for some...
I've seen quite a few people use bmx pedals for thier durability I presume, they're so close to MTB pedals anyway. The only problem I can think of would be the...
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Thats good Sunny, very funny indeed! Vincent Moore* Yaddayadda57@......
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... It's like trials and >flatland and dirt-jumping BMX. They make really great TV. And they are growing, but they >haven't gone huge because they're hard to...
Good point. I'll be keeping an eye and an ear out for it. I can just see it on craig's lis- "Cinelli/Colnago/whatever track bike for sale- $800. I was...
exactly my point. or, if you live closer to the suburbs, try checking yard-, tag-, and garage sales toward the end of summer: there very well could be a bumper...
Yeah thats bad too Rob, I'm glad that since then I've aquired enough knowledge and love for the craft to make up for my sin with a vengeance. And I have had...
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Yeah right. those Big Air commercials and espn & mTv extreme made everyone go out and buy a mountain bike with these grand illusions in their head. And now 90...
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The first issue of Go By Bicycle, the 'zine is out now and ready to be mailed. It is 28 pages, ad-free, and 8.5 by 5.5 inches. It covers bicycle advocacy,...