Can you help me identifying this Gitane?

happycyclin · 04-08-2021, 06:36 PM

Hey, I have no idea which is the model of this bike although it appears to be a criterium 1817????

https://www.reddit.com/r/Vintage_bicycles/comments/mmeixj/can_you_identify_this_gitane_bike/

Jesper · 04-17-2021, 01:24 AM

(04-08-2021, 06:36 PM)happycyclin Wrote: Hey, I have no idea which is the model of this bike although it appears to be a criterium 1817????

https://www.reddit.com/r/Vintage_bicycles/comments/mmeixj/can_you_identify_this_gitane_bike/

Hello "Happy",

It would help if you posted more detailed photos: components, decals, lugs, dropouts, etc. If you know which components are original that would help to ID it and better determine the year; there may be date codes on some of them. I am assuming the rear derailleur and 7 speed freewheel are replacements. I would think it is of '70s vintage (maybe very early '80s, but I doubt it), but I am not familiar enough with the marque; just going by the fact that everything I can see appears to be clamp-on components, and over the top of the BB shell cable routing.

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