I had one of these frames pass through my hands a long time ago. I believe I recall Dani right and that the dropout had a standard threaded derailleur mount.
With the resources on this list, getting a French BB is not a problem.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> Welcome to the list Ty. Its a good thing you joined. I'm not
\r?\n> sure that's
\r?\n> a Gitane you've bought. All this talk of non threaded Simplex
\r?\n> dropouts
\r?\n> don't match the link shown. It's supposed to be a Gitane, and I
\r?\n> know I've
\r?\n> seen those dropouts once before, but they aren't the Simplex
\r?\n> dropouts
\r?\n> we're all used to seeing on Gitanes and Peugeots. They're notched
\r?\n> like a
\r?\n> Campy and have a number of lightening cutouts in them and
\r?\n> vertical. Can't
\r?\n> tell from the pics, but the hanger might be threaded. Can the
\r?\n> cognoscenti
\r?\n> have a look at this? It may not even be a French frame for all I
\r?\n> can
\r?\n> tell, lugs don't look like any Gitane's I've worked on, and its a
\r?\n> repaint,
\r?\n> no decals.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Regards,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Dan Artley
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Archive-URL:
\r?\n> http://search.bikelist.org/
\r?\n> From: "Ty Rilleau" <kayakboy32(AT)adelphia.net>
\r?\n> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:27:30 -0400
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Newbee Fork Question, also talk about old bikes
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hi everybody. My name is Ty Rilleau and I love the classics. I
\r?\n> am a
\r?\n> third generation leather worker and have a solid appreciation for
\r?\n> function and form, not necessarily in that order. I saw this
\r?\n> Gitane
\r?\n> frame on The Ebay and had to snatch it up. Primarily for the rear
\r?\n> dropouts. My primary question is how I would find a suitable fork
\r?\n> (60
\r?\n> cm frame). I don't care about anything but function, as price is
\r?\n> starting to factor in. My second question is have I gotten over
\r?\n> my
\r?\n> head
\r?\n> in terms of compatibility. Does anybody have any info on how to
\r?\n> get a
\r?\n> good bb, or the headset threading, or the (fill in the blank). I
\r?\n> would
\r?\n> love any info on the frame too. You help is greatly appreciated.
\r?\n> Thanks, Ty
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Link---
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://ebay.com/
\r?\n> pagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1