Hi David,
Do you have any photos of the Gitane? Sounds interesting.
As far as I know this bottom bracket / off-set seat tube arrangement has been used by several builders over quite a span of years:
-- A Sun Manx TT from 1947 was recently sold on eBay (180403253431)
-- R O Harrison Shortwin¹ 1949 (http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/ROHarrisonShortwin1949.html)
-- MKM Ultimate (http://classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/MKM/ultimate_ebay.htm)
-- Norris Lockley¹s 1982 Bespoke Ultimate (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclecrank/2089088648/in/set-72157603488991254 /)
Do you know anything about the history of your Gitane?
Best,
Wyndham Pulman-Jones Girton, Cambs., UK
On 18/10/09 00:24, "david" <viciouscycles@excite.com> wrote:
> Nice bike, for what it's worth the bottom bracket arrangement is very similar
> to a Chrome Gitane I have , it dates from the 70's. Yours is the only other
> bike I have seen done this way.
>
> David Cowie
> Oakland , Oregon
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