Motobecane Jubile Sport 1980 (?)

[zimbob]

Here's another of my roadies, my lovely minty Motobecane Jubile Sport

As I failed to put in any spec. on my first post ( ) here's some...


Frame: Vitus 888

Fork: Vitus 888

Headset:
Stem:
Handlebar: Motobecane-branded
Bar Tape: Black mock-leather effect rubber (!)

Brake Levers/Brifters: Weinmann
Brake Calipers: Motobecane-branded
Brake Pads:
Brake Cables:

Shifters: Suntour
Front Derailleur: Suntour BL
Rear Derailleur: Campagnola Gran Sport
Derailleur Cables:
Cassette:
Chain:
Cranks: Sakae Custom
Chainrings:
Bottom Bracket:
Pedals: SP150

Rims: Rigida
Hubs: Olympic
Hub Skewers: Campagnola rear, Shimano front
Nipples:
Spokes:
Tyres: National tyre Co
Tubes:

Saddle: Selle Italia
Seatpost:
Seatpost Binder:

Bottle Cage:
Extras:

Weigh

And a couple of pics

Cheers.

 

[Goldie]

That looks very nice indeed - I love the turquoise paint. What's it like to ride?

 

[zimbob]

That looks very nice indeed - I love the turquoise paint. What's it like to ride?

Cheers Goldie

It's a standard colour, the bike's completely untouched at the mo...

It's a sweet ride, although the French braking set-up takes a bit of getting used to...

I'm assuming having the brakes the 'wrong' way round is a driving on the left type thing

 

[otherself]

Nice bike

Dating it... Vitus 888 was a plain gauge tubeset introduced in the early 80's, so I'd say around 81-83 is about right. Look for numbers on the brake calipers, they're sometimes usuallly date stamped.

 

[Old Ned]

That looks very nice indeed - I love the turquoise paint. What's it like to ride?

Cheers Goldie

It's a standard colour, the bike's completely untouched at the mo...

It's a sweet ride, although the French braking set-up takes a bit of getting used to...

I'm assuming having the brakes the 'wrong' way round is a driving on the left type thing

All my bikes have the brakes like that. It's something I've always done.

 

[biggs682]

i cabled 1 up like it, a while back without realising first couple of stops were intresting but once you get use to it no differance

 

[jazzkitten]

I have exactly the same bike! Bought it in 1983 from J E James in Chesterfield. Never changed anything on it, now it needs a bit of an overhaul - anyone got ideas where I could get this done?
Cheers in advance

 

[RCary]

Motobecane

I had something very, very like this as my first racing machine. Vitus 888 tubing, it even had tubular tyres. Took me to second-place in the Essex GHS 10. Super bike.