1990 Gitane Fignon tribute

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Any updates?

Yes been working away on this one. The spindle on for the Stronglight 107 crank was causing me problems. I fitted a JIS taper spindle - it should be ISO 118MM long I think, I have one on order so that should allow me to finish it. I also am waiting on a yellow turbo saddle from The Neaderlands. I sent it to be repaired. That should be back this month. I will post a few photos.

 

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Modolo Master Pro brakes

 

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Cinelli 1R stem and reissued Stronglight A9 headset

 

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Simplex seatpost and turbo saddle which I have stained with a yellow dye

 

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Simplex LG 4000 deraileur, the modified team version has a lot of drillium - I will not be attempting to replicate

 

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The colour is great really pops

 

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will update when the spindle and crankset arrives

 

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modolo master pro brakes

 

[DrGooGoo]

Nice job! Love it!
I'm here from the MTB side.
Seeing this is convincing me I need to do an Italian retro road bike build soon

 

[Ghs4th1987]

Looks fantastic! I have just restored my 83 team pro, after a really bad paint job, I rattle canned mine, now waiting for decals. Such a strong colour scheme. Yellow turbo saddles are the thing to must have now. I can’t justify 35 quid for the tape though so mine is a bit more gold in colour.