Gitane Grand Sport De Luxe
This bike was a freebie from the Midwest Bicycle Swapmeet. The tires that were on it were dry rotted. I had a set of 27″ tires already mounted to an aluminum wheelset so I just swapped out the wheels and it’s now road worthy. The original wheels were steel.
This Grand Sport De Luxe was a low end model from Gitane and I’m guessing this one to be from the early 1970s.
My Sister had a similar one, same color, when I was a child back in the ealry-mid 1970’s. I spent hours staring at it in our garage. I was way too young and small for it, but it looked amazing, and was sporty, comapred to the Schwinns we had at the same time. Beautiful to see one so close in vintage, thanks for sharing this bike!
Thanks for sharing your story. I’ve since changed the bike up quite a bit including re painting. It’s currently disassembled and stashed away. I should get it back on the road again.