Re: [CR] Gitane Drop outs

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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:08:58 -0800
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <shellylane@comcast.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, earle.young tds.net <earle.young@tds.net>
In-Reply-To: <1d586aab0912191823m456829a0y1191f5c6e5641b12@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Gitane Drop outs


I used to think these were Huret, but I've become convinced by past discussions here that they were Gitane's own DOs, though they might have been manufactured for Gitane by Huret. Never seen them on any other marque of bike. They may have been used on Interclub as you say, but they were also used on the Tour de France - I have one such TdF. Not sure the claimed advantages of this design, but they are pretty cool looking.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA


--- On Sat, 12/19/09, earle.young tds.net wrote:


> From: earle.young tds.net <earle.young@tds.net>

\r?\n> Subject: [CR] Gitane Drop outs

\r?\n> To: shellylane@comcast.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 8:23 PM

\r?\n> Lane Wilkinson asked: "Does anyone

\r?\n> have information on the "honeycomb" style

\r?\n> rear drop outs

\r?\n> that are used on some of the 70's era Gitanes?  Who

\r?\n> made these drop

\r?\n> outs?  Were they used on specific models?"

\r?\n>

\r?\n> As I recall, these exceptional looking dropouts appeared on

\r?\n> the Interclub

\r?\n> model, which was just below the Tour de France. Three tubes

\r?\n> 531, might even

\r?\n> have been straight gauge 531, and Huret derailleur. The

\r?\n> dropout was specific

\r?\n> to Huret, I'm pretty sure. I'm sure somebody else knows

\r?\n> more.

\r?\n>

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