Re: [CR]Gitane "mixte"

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 07:26:18 -0800 (PST)
From: "ashley hill" <ajhartist@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Gitane "mixte"
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <aa.29f8752.293a3ddd@aol.com>


I've already put ~$100 into the bike...I added a cyclometer, and toe clips, changed the derraillers because they were both cracked, bought new tires and tubes and changed a spoke because my brother ran into it. You can see that the bike needed repair when I first got it...but thats all the money I invested...I picked up the bike from the side of the road (with a sign saying FREE) and only added new tires to make it rideable. At first I rode it with the cracked derraillers...then substituted the ones from my older moutain bike (I had the shop do that). It rides perfectly fine now, and even came with a Swiss made rear rack so I can go on short tours. When I first brought to the shop they said the bike was 40+ years old...THAT'S OLDER THAN MY MOM :)

Ashley

AKA: THE La Randonneuse

Visit my site @ http://quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/ajhartiste/larandonneuse

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